JOFFE ANNOUNCES A SLEW OF EXCITING NEW SIGNINGS

We are delighted to announce our most recent author acquisitions, including some fresh new faces to the crime fiction landscape.

Bestselling psychological thriller writer Susanna Beard, author of Dare to Remember and The Truth Waits, joins us with two utterly gripping thrillers, due to be released late 2020. Susanna is a master of dark, contemplative stories that catch the breath and expose everyday secrets we’d rather keep hidden.

Ballynahinch writer Kerry Buchanan is already well known across Northern Ireland as a prolific, award-winning author who writes fantasy novels, as well as copious numbers of short stories published nationally and internationally. And now she’s turned her very talented hand to crime with her new Harvey & Birch series.

Judi Daykin recently completed her MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) at the University of East Anglia (UEA). We are just thrilled to be publishing the subsequent novel (and her crime-fiction debut), which was shortlisted for the Little, Brown UEA writer's prize in 2019.

Scottish actor and writer Jodi Lawrance brings the first two novels in her well-received Detective Helen Carter series, plus a brand-new third novel to round it out. Bestselling author Alex Gray (When Shadows Fall) called Jodi’s debut "A genuine page turner", while Lorraine Mace (Retriever of Souls) said it was "a brilliant debut." 

Journalist Geoffrey Osborne has long enthralled readers with his spy novels. Now he is set to win the hearts of crime-fiction aficionados with his brand-new Detective Dorothy Fraser series. In the meantime, his short stories can be found in magazines, newspapers and anthologies in the UK, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, the Australia and the States.

Finally, bestselling crime-thriller maestra D.E. White returns with not one but two titles in her electrifying Detective Dove Milson series. The first in the series, Glass Dolls, took the crime-fiction world by storm in spring 2020 and now fans can look forward end the year with its gripping sequel.

Managing Editor Emma Grundy Haigh says, “I am thrilled to be adding even more brilliant authors to our list, including our first Northern Irish and Scottish authors. Despite the pandemic, 2020 is proving to be such an exciting year for us.”

All of our new authors will be published in all English-language territories, in eBook and print. Any rights enquiries should be directed to the Lorella Belli Literary Agency.

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