to Ireland to help the daughter of a fantasy author legend complete her father’s final book, only to fall in love with her in the process.


Agent Hannah Schofield Deadly Animals Marie Tierney A Daily Mail First Novel finalist’s début has brainy 13-year-old Ava fascinated by animal decomposition, so she studies roadkill at night on the streets near her home. But on one of these nights she stumbles on the lifeless body of her schoolmate Mickey.


Agent Luigi Bonomi Rights World (Bonnier), Spain (Trini Vergara), US (Holt), Czech (Euro Media), Ukraine (Family Leisure Club)


Under Your Spell Laura Wood The bestselling children’s and YA author’s first adult novel is a “dreamy” rom-com where Clemmie, whose life is a mess, lands a job with global rockstar Theo—but he’s the very last man she wants to spend the summer with.


Agent Louise Lamont Rights UK and US (Simon & Schuster), Croatia (Sonatina), Denmark (Flamingo), Portugal (Asa), France (Bragelonne), the Netherlands (Unieboek Spectrum), Spain (PRH), Germany (Heyne), Israel (Kinneret-Zmora-Dvir), Serbia (Vulkan), Russia (Eksmo), Romania (Editura Trei), Brazil (Verus Editora), Italy (Giunti)


True Crime Georgina Lees Ten years ago Katy, a promising young journalist, left her desk and was never seen again. Her devastated mother Grace’s hopes rise when a documentary crew re-opens the case—but Grace soon discovers how far people are willing to go to keep the past hidden.


Agent Amanda Preston Rights World English (HarperCollins)


The Lost Lover Karen Swan Bestseller Swan’s third in the Wild Isle series has Flora MacQueen, who’s always dreamed of more than life on the island of St Kilda, catching the eye of visiting adventurer


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James. Her future seems brighter—until tragedy strikes.


Agent Amanda Preston Rights World English (Macmillan), Netherlands (Xander), Finland (Otava)


Lewinsohn Literary


The Glorious Dead Justin Myers “Sharp and provocative” novel opening with the death of a beloved enfant terrible playwright, and proceeds to unravel an unreliable recounting of his life through friends and his own memoirs.


Agent Becky Tomas Rights UK and Commonwealth (Renegade)


Sister in Law: Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men Harriet Wistrich The Centre of Women’s Justice founder and human rights Lawyer recounts shocking stories of those who have come to her for assistance, and her work challenging the police, the government and many institutions.


Agent Becky Tomas Rights UK and Commonwealth (Torva)


Diaspora Debbie Lechtman “Definitive, engaging, illuminating” history of the Jewish people, from historian, educator and Instagram sensation Lechtman (aka @ rootsmetals) known for her ability to condense complex, nuanced, and obscure Jewish history topics into accessible narrative.


Agent Becky Tomas


Natural Burial Ground Will Burns New collection from Laurel Prize-winning poet and novelist, exploring his interest in place and the natural world to excavate the emotional impact of grief and loss.


Agent Becky Tomas Rights UK and Commonwealth (Corsair)


Lorella Belli Literary Agency


Girl, Missing Dreda Say Mitchell


& Ryan Carter Fifteen years ago, single mum Gem’s eight-year- old daughter Sara-Jane went missing. Gem has searched for her ever since, but now human remains have turned up at Sara-Jane’s old school and her old belongings have started turning up on Gem’s doorstep…


Agent Lorella Belli Rights World English (Tomas & Mercer), audio (Brilliance)


The Blood Promise Liz Mistry The first in a new “gripping” Scottish police procedural series featuring detectives Jazzy Solanki and Annie McQueen as they investigate the murder of 16-year-old Imogen’s parents, who the girl found dead at the breakfast table, with a note from the killer.


Agent Lorella Belli Rights World English (HQ Digital)


The French Cookery School Caroline James New rom-com from The Cruise author has a group of cookery school mature students—newly divorced 60-something caterer, a food journalist and warm-hearted café owner—mixing with a handsome host and a naked celebrity chef.


Agent Lorella Belli Rights World English (One More Chapter)


An Aura of Mystery Joy Ellis First in bestseller Ellis’ new duology has flower shop owner Ellie McEwan acquiring a supernatural ability to read auras after surviving a car accident, which she must use to catch a killer.


Agent Lorella Belli Rights World English (Joffe), large print (Ulverscroft), audio (Audible)


Someone Saw Something Rick Mofina Mofina’s latest has news anchor Corina’s six-year- old son going missing which the police first think has to do with the hate mail she’s been receiving, but Corina, her husband, Robert, and stepdaughter, Charlotte, all have secrets they have been keeping…


Agent Lorella Belli Rights North America (Mira)


Lutyens & Rubinstein


We All Come Home Alive Anna Beecher “Soaring” memoir in essays collection from the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year shortlisted author, about a life lived through a series of shocks and the irrepressible joy and zest for living that persists; “for fans of Maggie O’Farrell and Maggie Nelson”.


Agent Jenny Hewson Rights UK (Weidenfeld)


Theory and Practice Michelle de Kretser A “thought-provoking and brilliantly observed” new novel from the winner of the Writers’ (previously Rathbone Folio) Prize for Fiction 2023.


Agent Sarah Lutyens Rights Australia (Text Publishing), US (Catapult), UK under offer


The Scapegoat Lucy Hughes-Hallett From the multi-award- winning author of The Pike, a “stunning” biography of one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic 17th-century Englishmen at the heart of political and royal life, George Villiers, the Duke of Buckingham.


Agent Felicity Rubinstein Rights UK (4th Estate), US (HarperCollins)


The Captive Pseudonymous project by well-established author which sees them break into the supernatural genre with an “edge-of- your” seat horror thriller.


Agent Jane Finigan Rights UK under offer


Madeleine Milburn Agency


The Return Tom Murdock With “a hint towards otherworldly”, a man returns to a Cornish coastal village, steeped in myth and superstition, to deliver a best man’s speech for an old friend, only to be forced to face a decade-old murder in a place he vowed never to return.


Agent Madeleine Milburn


Good Dirt Charmaine Wilkerson The Black Cake author returns with the novel of a daughter of an affluent Black family who pieces together the connection between a childhood tragedy and a beloved family heirloom.


Agent Madeleine Milburn Rights UK and Commonwealth (Penguin Michael Joseph), North America (Ballantine); French (Buchet Chastel), options in 16 territories


Behooved M Stevenson A romantasy “full of cosy magic and mayhem” featuring an arranged marriage, slow-burn enemies to lovers, a bookish male hero who spends his days as a horse (and, crucially, nights as a man), and a stabby heroine hungry to prove her worth”.


Agent Maddy Belton Rights UK and Commonwealth (Hodderscape), North America (Tor), German (Heyne), South American Portuguese (Faro), Romanian (Nemira)


The Sea Bucca’s Daughter Linda Wilgus “Timeless” love story set against the wind-swept cliffs and hidden coves of Cornwall, following a young widow who moves back to the village where she was rumoured to have descended from a sea merman, only to find herself sheltering an injured smuggling captain.


Agent Madeleine Milburn Rights UK and Commonwealth (Simon & Schuster), French (Charleston/Leduc), Norwegian (Aschehoug)


The Merge Grace Walker The Merge is a revolutionary procedure in which two people’s consciousness can be combined and exist in one body to combat overpopulation: will Amelia sacrifice anything to keep her ageing mother, Laurie, with her?


Agent Liv Maidment


Marjacq Scripts


Sorrow Spring Olivia Isaac-Henry Teenager Rina is dropped off at her aunt Agatha’s in a spooky village that seems outside of time, governed by the parish priest and a flock of elderly women, who might look frail, but are anything but. Following a bizarre midnight ritual, Rina's only friend Will goes missing, but no one seems to believe her—is she going to be next?


Agent Sandra Sawicka Rights World English (HarperCollins)


A Serpent in the Garden Howard Linskey First in a crime series featuring William Shakespeare during his “lost years” caught between the two most powerful men in the country, as he investigates the mysterious death of a high-ranking lady: “for fans of Shardlake and S J Parris”.


Agent Philip Patterson Rights World English (Canelo)


Truth Truth Lie Claire McGowan Latest by bestseller McGowan has a group of old university friends spending a weekend on a remote Scottish island, who decide to play “two truths and a lie”, anonymously posting three statements about themselves into a box— years of resentment start bubbling to the surface... with deadly results.


Agent Diana Beaumont Rights World English (Tomas & Mercer)


Hermit


Chris McQueer “Sharp, darkly funny” first novel from the acclaimed short story writer is a mother-son coming- of-age story about toxic masculinity, and looking for community in dangerous places.


Agent Imogen Pelham Rights UK and Commonwealth excluding Canada (Wildfire)


Finding Home in Hartfell Suzanne Snow Newest from the romance author has Pippa tasked with selling a family home


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