This preview highlights titles to be published in October
10 Top sellers
Editor’s Choice
Editor’s Choice
Peter James Dead at First Sight Pan, 17th, £8.99, 9781509816415 The 15th Roy Grace novel sees him looking into a suicide in Brighton, and discovering a global empire built on internet scams.
Literary
Claire Adam Golden Child Faber & Faber, 3rd, £8.99, 9780571339822
Debut Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize, this opens as Clyde comes
home from work in Trinidad to find one of his twin sons, Paul, is missing. Leaving his wife Joy and his favourite son, Peter, at home— “Paul tends to slink around—like he playing invisible, Clyde always thinks—but Peter walks with a bold step”—Clyde goes out into the warm night to look for Paul. At first he believes his son is just making trouble, but there is something darker at play here, and Adam, who was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, lets her story unspool with great skill. A very impressive début.
Biography & memoirs
Emily Maitlis Airhead Michael Joseph, 17th, £9.99, 9781405938341
From the Miss USA beauty pageant, where she interviewed Donald Trump, to a remote Indian goat farm, where she had a fierce inner debate over whether to ask Bill Clinton about Monica Lewinsky, this is the “Newsnight” broadcaster’s memoir, giving a look behind the scenes of some of her biggest interviews, and the highs and lows of live broadcasting. “Irresistible,” said the Times. I was enthralled, finishing it entirely relieved that I have nothing to do with TV broadcasting, but in awe of those who do. “A compila- tion of her greatest hits. And boy are there many,” said the Standard.
David Baldacci Redemption Pan, 31st, £8.99, 9781509874415
FBI special agent Amos Decker is tracked down by his first homicide arrest, Meryl Hawkins, a man who still maintains his innocence. Decker finds himself questioning the truth.
Steve Cavanagh The Liar Orion, 31st, £8.99, 9781409194514 The third in the Eddie Flynn series sees the lawyer called on to help a man whose daughter has been kidnapped.
Editor’s Choice
Editor’s Choice
Literary
Sarah Perry Melmoth Serpent’s Tail, 3rd, £8.99, 9781788160674
Rail advertising and a major digital campaign are planned for Perry’s new novel, already a bestseller, which Serpent’s Tail says has sold 20,000 copies in hardback. It also says that Melmoth will have a mini regional independ- ent bookshop and festival tour in October, and Perry will be writing for press around publication. The October publication feels perfect for this story of Helen Franklin, as she learns about the myth of the terrifying Melmoth, a woman dressed in black who has appeared at times of great horror and loneliness for centuries. And the cover is glorious.
Biography & memoirs
Busy Philipps This Will Only Hurt a Little Sphere, 24th, £8.99, 9780751575224
A New York Times bestseller, this is the actor and Instagram star’s collection of humorous, autobiographical essays. “Candid, painful and extremely wryly funny,” said Stylist. I have loved Philipps since my teenage obsession with “Dawson’s Creek”, with my devotion only fanned by her recent revelations about the abortion she had at the age of 15 on her talk show, “Busy Tonight”, condemning Georgia’s six-week abortion ban. Her memoir is a dip into her effervescent, open, often ridiculous life: a fasci- nating look at a journey to fame and the reality of being there.
Clive Cussler Sea of Greed Michael Joseph, 3rd, £7.99, 9781405937122 The new Kurt Austin tale from Cussler sees the crew out to solve a historical mystery which could save the world. The previous novel in the series got to number two in the best- seller charts.
Haruki Murakami Killing Commendatore Vintage, 1st, £9.99, 9781784707330 The latest novel from the author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle follows a thirtysomething portrait painter who is abandoned by his wife. Vintage promises an “exciting” campaign, and has a new paperback look. “Wild, thrilling,” said the Sunday Times.
James Patterson 18th Abduction Arrow, 3rd, £8.99, 9781787461734 In the latest Women’s Murder Club thriller, there is an international war criminal on the streets of San Francisco.
James Patterson Out of Sight Arrow, 31st, £7.99, 9781787462212 War veteran Amy returns home to find her family has been kidnapped.
Anthony Horowitz The Sentence is Death Arrow, 17th, £8.99, 9781784757533 The second in Horowitz’s series starring private investigator Daniel Hawthorne sees him investigating the murder of celebrity-divorce lawyer Richard Pryce, who was found beaten to death with an expensive bottle of wine. Cornerstone promises a “high-impact” marketing campaign.
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Lucinda Riley The Butterfly Room Pan, 3rd, £8.99, 9781529014969 The author of the Seven Sisters series’ latest follows Posy Montague, who is approaching her 70th birthday and faced
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