Cornerstone July - December 2018

56 Pages·2017·1.78 MB·English

Cornerstone
Catalogue

July – December
2018
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CONTENTS

Contacts | 3
Century | 5
Hutchinson | 17
Random House Books | 22
Random House Business Books | 26
William Heinemann | 28
Windmill | 31
Arrow | 36

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CORNERSTONE CONTACTS

Charlotte Bush – Director of Publicity and Media Relations
[email protected] | 020 7840 8613

Sarah Harwood – Acting Publicity Director of Century and Arrow
[email protected] | 020 7840 8611

Najma Finlay – Publicity Director, Hutchinson
[email protected] | 020 7840 8614

Kate McQuaid – Publicity Director, William Heinemann and Windmill
[email protected] | 020 7840 8293

Laura Brooke – Senior Publicity Manager
[email protected] | 020 7840 8695

Clare Kelly – Publicity Manager
[email protected] | 020 7840 8893

Becky McCarthy – Press Officer
[email protected] | 020 7840 8430

Alice Spencer – Press Officer
[email protected] | 020 7840 8624

General Enquiries:
Demelza Griffiths – Publicity Assistant
[email protected] | 020 7840 8453
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Tracey Baptiste Lisa Jewell
Minecraft: The Crash Watching You
(The Second Official Minecraft Novel) Brilliant psychological crime from the author of
The second official Minecraft tie-in novel, following the Gripping psychological suspense from the number one
Sunday Times bestseller The Island bestselling author of Then She Was Gone, as what
begins as an innocent crush develops into a dangerous
June 2018 July 2018
Hardback Hardback
£12.99 £12.99
286 pages 400 pages
9781780897769 9781780896434
The brand-new official Minecraft novel is an action-packed thriller! You’re not the only one watching.
When a new virtual-reality version of the game brings her desires—
and doubts—to life, one player must face her fears. Gripping psychological suspense from the #1 bestselling author of
Then She Was Gone.
Bianca has never been good at following the plan. She's more of an act- _______________
now, deal-with-the-consequences-later kind of person. But consequences
can’t be put off forever, as Bianca learns when she and her best friend, You’re back home after four years working abroad, new husband in tow.
Lonnie, are in a terrible car crash.
You’re keen to find a place of your own. But for now you’re crashing in your
Waking up in the hospital, almost paralyzed by her injuries, Bianca is faced big brother’s spare room.
with questions she’s not equipped to answer. She chooses instead to try a
new virtual-reality version of Minecraft that responds to her every wish, That’s when you meet the man next door.
giving her control over a world at the very moment she thought she’d lost it.
As she explores this new realm, she encounters Esme and Anton, two kids He’s the head teacher at the local school. Twice your age. Extraordinarily
who are also playing on the hospital server. The trio teams up to play attractive. You find yourself watching him.
through to the End, and hopefully to find Lonnie along the way.
All the time.
But the road to recovery isn’t without its own dangers. The kids are
swarmed by mobs seemingly generated by their fears and insecurities, and But you never dreamed that your innocent crush might become a deadly
now Bianca must deal with the uncertainties that have been plaguing her: Is obsession.
Lonnie really in the game? And can Bianca help him to return to reality with
her? Or that someone is watching you.
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Tracey Baptiste is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction for
children including The Jumbie series, and The Totally Gross History of Family secrets, illicit passion and an unexplained murder? It can
Ancient Egypt. She is also a contributor to the adult horror anthology only be the gripping new novel from Lisa Jewell.
Sycorax's Daughters. Ms. Baptiste volunteers with We Need Diverse Books,
The Brown Bookshelf, and I Too Arts Collective. She teaches in Lesley Lisa Jewell had always planned to write her first book when she was fifty. In
University’s Creative Writing MFA program, and runs the editorial company fact she wrote it when she was twenty-seven and had just been made
Fairy Godauthor. Find her online @traceybaptiste on Twitter, redundant from her job as a secretary. Inspired by Nick Hornby’s High
@TraceyBaptisteWrites on Instagram and Facebook, or at Fidelity, a book about young people just like her who lived in London, she
www.traceybaptiste.com. wrote the first three chapters of what was to become her first novel, Ralph’s
Party. It went on to become the bestselling debut novel of 1998.
Fifteen bestselling novels later, she lives in London with her husband and
their two daughters. Lisa writes every day in a local café where she can
drink coffee, people-watch and, without access to the internet, actually get
some work done . . .
Keep in touch with Lisa:
www.lisa-jewell.co.uk
www.facebook.com/LisaJewellOfficial
@lisajewelluk on Twitter
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James Patterson Heidi Perks
Liar Liar Now You See Her
(Harriet Blue 3) The compulsive thriller you need to read
The third novel in the bestselling series featuring A compulsive thriller which explores what happens
Detective Harriet Blue when you are responsible for your best friend's worst
nightmare. Fans of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR and Lisa
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£20.00 £12.99
400 pages 400 pages
9781780898766 9781780898834
Revenge is coming, and her name is Harriet Blue . . . SHE WAS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. AND NOW SHE'S MISSING.
Detective Harriet Blue is clear about two things. Regan Banks deserves to Unputdownable psychological suspense from an exciting new
die. And she’ll be the one to pull the trigger. talent, perfect for fans of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR and Claire
Mackintosh's I LET YOU GO.
But Regan – the Georges River Killer and the man responsible for destroying
her brother’s life – has gone to ground. And now Harriet needs to disappear ********
too – before her colleagues stop her carrying out an act that could end her Charlotte is looking after her best friend’s daughter the day she disappears.
career, her freedom, even her life. She thought the little girl was playing with her own children. She swears she
only took her eyes off them for a second.
Suddenly, her phone rings. It’s him. Regan. And he wants to play ‘catch me
if you can’. Now, Charlotte must do the unthinkable, tell her best friend Harriet that her
only child is missing. The child she was meant to be watching.
Within hours Harry is following his clues along a path of devastation down
the Australian south coast. Town by town, Regan is taking lives, and each Devastated, Harriet can no longer bear to see Charlotte. No one could
one is someone she knows well. expect her to trust her friend again.
With both of them wanted on every newspaper and every television screen, Only now she needs to. Because two weeks later Harriet and Charlotte are
time is running out. Harry needs to stop this killing machine fast before her both being questioned separately by the police. And secrets are about to
chance for vengeance slips away . . . surface.
JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO PUT THINGS RIGHT?
all time. His books have sold in excess of 365 million copies worldwide. He
is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades –
the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:
Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers
including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers. 'A chilling tale of friendships, deceit, manipulation and secrets that had me
hooked in from the very first page.'
James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own
son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young 'A taut, fast paced tale which keeps you guessing and is full of
readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure Hunters, House of unexpected twists.'
Robots, Confessions, and Maximum Ride series. James has donated millions
in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author 'Heidi Perks writes with an instinctive knowledge of how to keep the reader
of adult fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. He lives in enthralled.'
Florida with his wife and son.
'Absolutely brilliant. Couldn't put this book down. Right from the very start
you are gripped by events.'
'This is a taut thriller that reads like a TV drama in-the-making. It’ll make
you wary of those around you, past and present.'
'I read this book in one tension filled evening and couldn't go to bed
until I knew how it ended.'
'An intense, chilling read that kept me gripped throughout'
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Simon Kernick Timothy Zahn
Dead Man's Gift and Other Stories Thrawn: Alliances (Star Wars)
From the number one bestselling author, comes two The sequel to the Sunday Times Bestseller Thrawn
electrifying novellas and three short stories published
in book form for the very first time. Grand Admiral Thrawn and Darth Vader ally against a
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£12.99 £20.00
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9781780898292 9781780898667
DEAD MAN'S GIFT Grand Admiral Thrawn and Darth Vader ally against a threat to the
Empire in this new novel from bestselling author Timothy Zahn.
MP Tim Horton arrives home to find his seven year old son has been
abducted by a ruthless gang of kidnappers. All they have left behind is the The sequel to Sunday Times bestseller Thrawn, Thrawn: Alliances will
brutally murdered body of the Horton’s nanny. continue to follow the rise of Grand Admiral Thrawn to the heights of
Imperial power—and accompany him into the past, witnessing his first
The gang’s demands are simple: Tim must sacrifice his own life in order to encounter with the man who will one day become Darth Vader.
save his son’s.
Timothy Zahn is the author of more than forty novels, nearly ninety short
It’s the ultimate dead man’s gift … stories and novellas, and four short-fiction collections. In 1984, he won the
Hugo Award for Best Novella. Zahn is best known for his Star Wars novels
(Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command, Specter of the
ONE BY ONE Past, Vision for the Future, Survivor's Quest, Outbound Flight, Allegiance,
Choices of One, and Scoundrels), with more than four million copies of his
Six former school-friends have been brought together on a remote island. books in print. Other books inlcude the Cobra series, the Quadrail series, and
the young adult Dragonback series. Zahn has a B.S. in physics from
They haven’t all been in contact since a fateful night twenty-one years ago, Michigan State University and an M.S. from the University of Illinois. He lives
when their friend Rachel was found dead. The man arrested for her murder with his family on the Oregon coast.
has now been acquitted, and the seven friends fear for their own lives.
But are they hiding from the right person? Or have they fallen into a deadly
trap?
Plus three more thrillers guaranteed to keep you gripped to the
page
Simon Kernick is one of Britain’s most exciting thriller writers. He arrived on
the crime writing scene with his highly acclaimed debut novel The Business
of Dying, the story of a corrupt cop moonlighting as a hitman. Simon's big
breakthrough came with his novel Relentless which was the biggest selling
thriller of 2007. His most recent crime thrillers include Siege, Ultimatum,
Stay Alive and The Final Minute. He is also the author of the bestselling
three-part serial thrillers Dead Man’s Gift and One By One.
Simon talks both on and off the record to members of the Counter Terrorism
Command and the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, so he gets to hear
first hand what actually happens in the dark and murky underbelly of UK
crime.
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Hollie Overton Susan Lewis
The Runaway The Secret Keeper
The electrifying new thriller from the bestselling From the Sunday Times number 1 bestselling author
author of Richard and Judy pick, Baby Doll. A teenage comes a stunning new novel about secrets, betrayal
runaway roams the backstreets of LA - but is she a and the ties that bind us...
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400 pages 416 pages
9781780898780 9781780896106
The captivating new novel from the author of Sunday Times It's only been a few months since Olivia got the all clear, and she's just
bestseller and Richard and Judy Book Club pick, Baby Doll. Perfect begun piecing her life back together.
for fans of Fiona Barton's The Child and Shari Lapena's The Couple
Next Door. But in the year that she spent fighting cancer, a lot has changed, not least in
her own marriage to Richmond.
Ashley Naylor is a teenage runaway - she is found beaten, stabbed and left
for dead in the backstreets of LA. Something has happened to the sleepy town of Kesterley on Sea,
something big, and it's making everyone uneasy.
When Ash’s foster mother, Becca, discovers that Ash has been murdered,
she sets out to track down the killer, seeking justice for this broken girl and Suddenly, the place that Olivia has always called home is her treating her
salvation for herself. like a stranger and old friends won't look her in the eye.
Ash’s trail leads Becca to Hollywood, where souls are sold for the illusive So when ghosts from the past come back to Kesterley, it can’t be a
promise of fame, and where using and throwing away a teenage girl is just coincidence.
another day at the office. But it’s on the streets of downtown LA that Becca
will ultimately find the answers she’s desperately seeking, thrusting her into But when everyone is keeping secrets, how can she know who to trust?
the untamed no-mans land of Skid Row, a ruthless mini society with its own
rules and its own justice system... Susan Lewis is the bestselling author of thirty-eight novels. She is also the
author of Just One More Day and One Day at a Time, the moving memoirs
Bestselling author Hollie Overton is a television writer who has written for of her childhood in Bristol. She lives in Gloucestershire.
ABC Family, CBS and Lifetime.
To find out more about Susan Lewis, visit her website www.susanlewis.com,
Overton's father was a member of the notorious Overton gang in Austin, or join in on www.facebook.com/SusanLewisBooks.
Texas, and spent several years in prison for manslaughter.
Susan is a supporter of the breast cancer charity Breast Cancer Care:
Raised by her single mother, Hollie an identical twin herself, draws on her www.breastcancercare.org.uk and of the childhood bereavement charity
unique childhood experiences to lend realism and compassion to her Winston's Wish: www.winstonswish.org.uk
depictions of violence and complicated family dynamics.
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Katie Flynn James Patterson
Christmas at Tuppenny Corner Revenge
Make sure this HEARTWARMING NEW NOVEL from A gripping tale of murder, betrayal and revenge from
SUNDAY TIMES Number One Bestselling author KATIE the world's bestselling thriller writer
FLYNN is on your Christmas list.
August 2018 August 2018
Hardback Hardback
£20.00 £20.00
304 pages 400 pages
9781780895765 9781780899152
Make sure this HEARTWARMING NEW NOVEL from SUNDAY TIMES A gripping tale of murder, betrayal and revenge from the world's
Number One Bestselling author KATIE FLYNN is on your Christmas bestselling thriller writer.
list.
When ex-SAS operative David Shelley hears of the death of a young woman
******* he used to provide protection for, he's brought in by the grieving parents to
help find those responsible.
Liverpool, 1939
Shelley soon finds himself caught in a whirlpool of murder, betrayal and
As winter descends on Tuppenny Corner and rumours of war float across the revenge.
canals, fifteen-year-old Rosie O’Leary must come to terms with her own
dramatic upheaval. Forced to say goodbye to all she holds dear and embark JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of
on a new life aboard The Kingfisher, her world is suddenly full of all time. His books have sold in excess of 365 million copies worldwide. He
uncertainty. is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades –
the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and
But new beginnings open up new possibilities... When fellow bargee – the Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers
handsome Tim Bradley – offers to show Rosie the sights of Liverpool, she including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers.
jumps at the chance and it’s not long before their friendship grows into
something more. James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own
son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young
But when Tim is called up to join the RAF, Rosie's dream of a future readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure Hunters, House of
together must be put on hold. If Rosie can find the strength to embrace her Robots, Confessions, and Maximum Ride series. James has donated millions
new life on the canals, there might still be the chance of a miracle this in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author
Christmas… of adult fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. He lives in
Florida with his wife and son.
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Praise for Katie Flynn
'One of the country's most popular storytellers' Scottish Daily Record
'A poignant war-time romance' Daily Express
‘A heartwarming story of love and loss’ Woman's Weekly
‘One of the best Liverpool writers’ Liverpool Echo
'If you pick up a Katie Flynn book it's going to be a wrench to put it down
again' Holyhead and Anglesey Mail
Katie Flynn has lived for many years in the north-west. A compulsive writer,
she started with short stories and articles and many of her early stories were
broadcast on Radio Merseyside. She decided to write her Liverpool series
after hearing the reminiscences of family members about life in the city in
the early years of the twentieth century. She also writes as Judith Saxton.
For the past few years, she has had to cope with ME but has continued to
write.
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