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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 23/11/2011 - 08:00 Usborne has acquired a new crime series for young adults by BAFTA-winning screenwriter Chris Ould. Fiction director Rebecca Hill bought world rights, all languages, from Stephanie Thwaites of Curtis Brown. The first book of the series, Street Duty, will be published on 1st October 2012. The series is set on the fictitious Cadogan Estate in London and focused on Holly Blades who is 16 and a trainee police officer, part of a team of teenagers recruited early and fast-tracked into the police force. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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