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HIGHLIGHTS FRANKFURT 2019
FICTION
NON-FICTION
Deutsche Autoren (Belletristik) Deutsche Autoren (Belletristik)
Deutsche Autoren (Belletristik)
ELLA LINDBERG: RENA ROSENTHAL:
DIE KLEINE SCHOKOLADENMANUFAKTUR ZUM DIE HOFGÄRTNERIN
GLÜCK Eine mitreißende Familiensaga im Wohlfühlsetting mit
Eine turbulente, charmante Liebesgeschichte für alle Fans von nordischem Flair
Mhairi McFarlane Oldenburg, 1891: Marleenes großer Traum ist es, Gärtnerin zu
Nachdem sie endlich wieder mit ihrer Jugendliebe Johnny werden und in der angesehenen Hofgärtnerei zu arbeiten – ein
zusammen ist, verlässt Mia ihre Heimatstadt Hamburg nur ungern, unerreichbares Ziel, da Frauen eine Lehre untersagt ist. Verkleidet
um ein Praktikum in der Schweiz anzutreten. Vor allem als sich als Junge bekommt sie die ersehnte Stelle, muss aber fortan darum
dieses Praktikum in einer kleinen Schokoladenmanufaktur, als kämpfen, dass ihre Tarnung nicht auffliegt. Der Charme des
totale Katastrophe entpuppt: Das Fabrikgebäude ist gutaussehenden älteren Sohns der Hofgärtnerei macht es für sie
renovierungsbedürftig, niemand fühlt sich für sie zuständig und nicht einfacher. Als sämtliche Rosen, die für den alljährlichen
dann soll Mia auch noch der im Sterben liegenden Großmutter die Rosenball vorgesehen waren, vertrocknen und Marleene dafür
Verlobte des Juniorchefs vorspielen, die diesen abserviert hat. Mia verantwortlich gemacht wird, scheint alles verloren. Können die
spielt wiederwillig mit, doch als Fabians Großmutter sich neuartigen Rhododendren, die sie mit Julius, dem jüngeren Sohn,
überraschend schnell erholt, müssen sie die Scharade weiter züchtet, die Situation retten?
aufrechterhalten. Währenddessen versucht Mia den drohenden Marleene wollte nie, dass jemand durch ihren Schwindel Schaden
Konkurs der Firma abzuwenden, den Fabian ebenfalls vor seine nimmt – leider hat sie dabei nicht an ihr eigenes Herz gedacht…
Oma geheim hält, aus Angst vor einem weiteren Schlaganfall. Als Die Hofgärtnerei ist ein durch wahre Begebenheiten inspirierter
2019 Mia erfährt, dass Johnny sie zum wiederholten Male betrogen hat, historischer Roman. In wunderschönem Setting verknüpft er den
2019 Kampf der Frauen für Gleichberechtigung mit dem Siegeszug der
verliebt sie sich immer mehr in die Schweizer Berge und die skurrile
Belegschaft der Schokoladenmanufaktur. Doch gerade als es Alpenrose in die deutschen Gärten.
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zwischen ihr und Fabian knistert, muss Mia wegen eines Todesfalls Rena Rosenthal ist das Pseudonym einer Lektorin, die in einer
abreisen und als sie zurückkehrt, um Fabian ihre Liebe zu gestehen, Ca. 450 Seiten norddeutschen Baumschule zusammen mit 100.000 Fliedern und
Ca. 400 Seiten
findet sie plötzlich die echte Verlobte in seiner Wohnung vor … 40.000 Rhododendren groß geworden ist. Den grünen Daumen
Exposé und Leseprobe (200 S.) ihrer Familie hat sie nicht geerbt, dafür hat sie ein Händchen fürs
MS ab November Ella Lindberg (* 1979) arbeitet in Nürnberg als Redakteurin. Geschichtenerzählen.
GRETA MILÁN: ROMAN KLEMENTOVIC:
LOVELY HEARTS. Solange du bei mir bist. WENN DIE NACHT GEFRIERT
Für alle Fans der Redwood-Saga Wir alle haben Geheimnisse. Die meisten davon sind harmlos,
einige schwerwiegender. Aber manche von uns haben
Unerwartet verschlägt es die unstetige May in die beschauliche
Geheimnisse, so abscheulich, dass sie diese bis an ihr Lebensende
Kleinstadt Goodville. Dort soll sie nach dem tragischen Tod ihrer
zu hüten versuchen. Nur was, wenn diesen Menschen das Leben
Schwester die Vormundschaft für ihre beiden Nichten übernehmen.
einen Strich durch die Rechnung macht? Wenn sie an Alzheimer
Cole, ein guter Freund der Familie, ist fassungslos, als die verloren
erkranken und nicht mehr Herr ihrer Sinne sind? Wenn sie nicht
geglaubte Tante plötzlich aus der Versenkung auftaucht. Fortan
länger schweigen können?
setzt er alles daran, um May wieder loszuwerden. Allerdings hat er
Seit 40 Jahren schon ist Elisabeth mit Friedrich verheiratet -
weder mit ihrer Entschlossenheit noch mit ihrem Charme gerechnet.
glücklich, trotz einiger Schicksalsschläge. Auch seine
Doch Cole ist nicht die einzige Hürde, die May zu meistern hat. Aus
Alzheimererkrankung kann ihre Liebe nicht erschüttern. Doch eines
der Gemeinde weht ihr ein eiskalter Wind entgegen. Unterstützung
Abends wirkt er besonders verwirrt. Während eines TV-Beitrags
findet sie bei der selbstbewussten Barbesitzerin Lauren und der
über den seit 22 Jahren ungeklärten Mord an der besten Freundin
schüchternen Ladeninhaberin Nova. Das Problem ist nur, dass
ihrer Tochter gibt er Verstörendes von sich. Er erwähnt Details, die
Mays Freundinnen überzeugt davon sind, dass Cole im Grunde ein
er gar nicht kennen dürfte. In Elisabeth regt sich ein schlimmer
guter Kerl ist und May sich plötzlich ihrer eigenen Gefühle nicht
Verdacht …
mehr sicher ist …
Roman Klementovic spinnt um die Volkskrankheit Alzheimer einen
2019 2019 spannenden und gleichzeitig tiefgründigen Whodunit-Thriller.
Greta Milán arbeitet als freie Autorin. Unter dem Pseudonym
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Romane. Roman Klementovic arbeitete lange im Marketing bis er seine
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#2: LOVELY THINGS. Alles was du willst »Verspielt« erschienen bei Gmeiner, »Immerstill« wird für ZDF und
MS und Exposés verfügbar #3: LOVELY PLACE. Überall wo du bist MS verfügbar ORF verfilmt.
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Deutsche Autoren (Belletristik) Deutsche Autoren (Belletristik)
FREDERIK JÖTTEN:
DAS LEBEN UND ANDERE PARASITEN ALEXANDER BAURMANN:
Felix ist ein moderner Herr Lehmann – verplant, liebenswert DIE HEIMSUCHUNG DES PAUL GILLESPIE
und unendlich komisch
Paul Gillespie, sympathischer Antiheld, gehört als Manager der
Felix ist in der kleinen Studentenstadt, in der seit 11 Jahren Finanzelite an. Seine soziale Kompetenz beschränkt sich auf
festhängt, der einzige Mensch, der beim Bäcker Hausverbot hat. »Menschen, die so sind wie ich.« Als er Job und Freundin verliert,
Denn weil der angehende Biologe mit seiner Doktorarbeit nicht scheint ihn das nicht zu beunruhigen. Hingegen beunruhigt er seine
vorankommt, forscht er lieber im Nachtleben, um die perfekte Haushälterin mit der Behauptung, Fische schwebten in seinem
Alkohol-Dosis finden - mutig genug soll sie machen, damit Felix es Garten. Das Unheimliche bringt Gillespies Welt ins Wanken. Die
schafft, seine Schüchternheit zu überwinden und besser zu flirten. Fische werden für ihn und andere zur tödlichen Gefahr. Gillespie
Aber er darf nichts Peinliches machen oder lallen, was leider muss nach Ausflüchten und Irrungen gegen die übernatürlichen
regelmäßig vorkommt in Gegenwart von Julia, in die er so verliebt Wesen und sich selbst in den Kampf ziehen. Dabei kommen ihm
ist. Als eine seiner Testreihen fehlschlägt, vernichtet er aus nicht nur ein Antiquar und ein Psychologe zur Hilfe, sondern auch
Versehen seine komplette Parasitenkultur, die Grundlage seiner die Liebe, die in Peru zum filmreifen Show-down auf ihn wartet.
Promotion - kurz vor dem entscheidenden Vortrag, zu dem sogar In seinem Debütroman überschreitet der Autor mit Esprit und
eigens seine Eltern anreisen. Er steht vor der Entscheidung: Das Originalität die Grenze zwischen Realität und Fantasie. Dabei sind
Scheitern zugeben und das studentische Leben als Doktorand es vor allem die Wandlung des Protagonisten, die temporeichen
aufgeben - oder seine Ehre als Wissenschaftler über Bord werfen, Dialoge und aufgeladenen Schauplätze, die den Reiz dieser
2019 und ein paar Daten fälschen, um weiter zu forschen, zu feiern und fantastischen Heldenreise ausmachen.
der Frau näher kommen zu können, die er liebt. 2019
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Frederik Jötten lebt als freier Autor in Frankfurt. Seine mehrfach Michael Meller Literary Agency Bonn. Er arbeitet im Finanzwesen eines internationalen
ausgezeichneten Reportagen erscheinen unter anderem in NZZ Unternehmens.
Ca. 350 Seiten
Folio, der NZZ am Sonntag und Die Zeit. Außerdem hat er eine Ca. 360 Seiten
Kolumne auf der Webseite des SZ Magazins und zwei Sachbücher
MS ab November beim Rowohlt-Verlag veröffentlicht. MS verfügbar
JUDITH HOERSCH: SABINE SCHOLL:
JUNO UND DIE REISE ZU DEN WUNDERN BEI MIR BIST DU SCHÖN
Ein Märchen über das Erwachsenwerden und die Suche nach
der wahren Liebe – so verträumt wie Die fabelhafte Welt der „Bei mir bist du schön“ ist ein Roman, der acht sorgfältig
Amelie, so poetisch wie Die Möwe Jonathan, so philosophisch recherchierte historische Frauenleben im Zweiten Weltkrieg
wie Hectors Reise. auferstehen lässt: Frauen im Widerstand und Frauen, die
wegschauen, die mitmachen oder profitieren, die verfolgt werden
Juno ist ein ungewöhnliches Mädchen, sie ist schüchtern und wäre und fliehen.
am liebsten eine Nixe. Sie träumt sich durch ihre Kindheit und fühlt Manche sind bekannt (der französische Filmstar Arletty) oder
sich einsam und unverstanden. Als junge Frau zieht Juno in die wurden für ihre Arbeit im Widerstand gewürdigt (kaum eine). In vier
schielende Stadt und lernt dort den kauzigen Goldschmied Mr. Kapiteln, die die Jahre des Umbruchs 1938/39, die Kriegsjahre 1941
James kennen. Er wird Lehrmeister und Freund zugleich und und 1944 und das Nachkriegsjahr 1946 ausleuchten, tauchen die
ermahnt sie, ihr Leben nicht bloß zu verträumen, sondern mutiger Frauen in ihren Einbrüchen und Entwicklungen immer wieder auf.
zu sein, damit die Wunder sie finden können. Also bricht Juno auf, Ihre Schicksale sind verbunden durch die Schreckensherrschaft des
zu einer magischen Reise rund um den Globus und letztlich zu sich faschistischen Regimes und des Krieges, die sie zum Handeln
selbst. zwingen, sowie die Schauplätze des Geschehens, die von
Juno und die Reise zu den Wundern entführt den Leser in eine Grieskirchen und Linz bis nach Paris, Texas oder Shanghai führen.
fabelhafte Welt, in der sich Traum und Wirklichkeit miteinander
verweben, zwei goldene Ringe Wegweiser sind und Kamele Sabine Scholl war Jurymitglied für den Internationalen
sprechen können. Ein philosophisches Märchen voller Weisheiten 2019 Literaturpreis in Berlin. Ihr Werk wurde 2018 mit dem Anton-
2019
für jeden für uns. Ein Aufruf unsere Träume zu leben, denn auch Wildgans-Preis ausgezeichnet. Im Oktober erscheinen ihre Essays
wenn es ein Weg voller Lektionen wird: Wunder können wahr Michael Meller Literary Agency als Sammelband mit dem Titel »Erfundene Heimaten«. Sabine
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Judith Hoersch ist Schauspielerin, Autorin und Sängerin. Sie wirkte
Ca. 140 Seiten
in diversen TV- und Kinoproduktionen mit (Lena Lorenz, Tatort Kiel, MS verfügbar
Der Kriminalist u.A.). Sie schreibt außerdem Drehbücher, Songtexte
MS verfügbar und Erzählungen.
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Upmarket Commercial Fiction
CRAIG CLIFF: BERNARD GALLATE:
NAILING DOWN THE SAINT THE ORIGIN OF ME
Struggling filmmaker Duncan Blake is given a lifeline when he is A beguilingly original and satirical debut novel of friendships,
asked to scout locations for a biopic of Saint Joseph of Copertino. imagination, and the bodies we live in
This seventeenth-century Franciscan friar had a troubled life, was Lincoln Locke’s fifteen-year-old life is turned upside down when he’s
brought before the Inquisition and continually moved around Italy – thrust into bachelor-pad living with his dad and into an exclusive new
because he could levitate. school. Crestfield Academy offers him a new set of peers and a
Duncan sets out on his quest with his oldest friend Mack, a female place on the swim relay team with a bunch of thugs in Speedos.
e-sports commentator. The first time they have spent any real time Homunculus, the little voice inside his head, doesn’t make life any
together since Duncan became a father. easier; nor does Lincoln’s growing awareness of a genetic anomaly
Duncan and Mack have two weeks to scout the necessary locations that threatens to humiliate him at every turn.
and wow the biopic’s director when they meet in Rome, but their On a search for answers to the big LIFE questions, he spies Edwin
road trip is littered with disastrous church tours, road incidents, Stroud’s nineteenth-century memoir, My One Redeeming Affliction.
unhelpful locals and colourful characters. The book weaves itself into Lincoln’s life.
Duncan must re-evaluate his own role as he negotiates the long When he meets Bert McGill, the local junkyard hermit, Lincoln finds
roads and steep curves of family, career and the metaphysical. glimpses of the enigmatic Stroud, star of Melinkoff’s Astonishing
Assembly of Freaks. He begins to piece together a time past, of
Craig Cliff is the author of the novels Nailing Down the Saint and dubious relationships and, it turns out, of redeeming afflictions.
Vintage New Zealand 08/19 Vintage Australia 03/20
The Mannequin Makers, and the story collection A Man Melting,
which won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Bernard Gallate began his professional life in the animation
Penguin Random House NZ Penguin Random House Australia
Book. Craig has published poetry, essays and reviews and worked industry, later working for Walt Disney and a multimedia agency.
400 pp. as a newspaper columnist. His work has been translated into several Bernard currently teaches programs on early Sydney life and
400 pp.
languages and he participated in the University of Iowa’s archaeology at historic sites across the city. The Origin Of Me is his
MS available International Writers Program in 2013. MS available first novel.
LAURENCE FEARNLEY: IMBI NEEME:
SCENTED THE SPILL
A fascinating novel about following one's nose . . .
A compelling and poignant search for identity through In 1981, a car overturns on a remote West Australian road.
perfume. Nobody is hurt, but the impact is felt for decades. The Spill
explores how two people never experience or remember the
Granny Seren told me I had a natural talent for perfume making, and same event in the same way especially when they are sisters.
I believed her because she seemed to know what she was talking
about and she never lied. It was Seren who introduced me to the
idea of a signature scent. Following a car crash, sisters Nicole and Samantha for different
reasons each blame themselves and carry that guilt into adulthood.
As a university lecturer, Siân didn’t need a signature scent to know It also proves the final act in the tumultuous relationship of their
who she was. But, prompted by her job loss following restructuring parents. Nicole spends her teenage years living with her mother
of the humanities – and the effect this has on her identity – she (who was driving the car at the time of the crash), and Samantha
begins to construct a perfume of herself. Note by perfume note, living with their father and his new wife.
referencing scent memories and recent events, she rebuilds herself, On the death of their mother, secrets come out and the sisters
Scented. interrogate why they have been busy misunderstanding each other
and sabotaging their own opportunities for happiness.
Laurence Fearnley is an award-winning author. 2017 she was the
Penguin 09/19 joint winner of the Landfall essay competition and in 2016 she won
Viking 06/20 Imbi Neeme is a recovering blogger, impending novelist and
the NZSA/ Janet Frame Memorial Award. In 2004 Fearnley was
compulsive short story writer. Her short fiction has won prizes in the
Penguin Random House Australia awarded the Artists to Antarctica Fellowship and in 2007 the Robert Penguin Random House Australia 2019 Newcastle Short Story Awards, the 2018 Boroondara Literary
Burns Fellowship at the University of Otago. In 2019 she was
Awards, and has been shortlisted for the 2018 Peter Carey Short
256 pp. awarded the Arts Foundation Laureate for literature She lives in 320 pp. Story Award.
Dunedin with her husband and son.
MS available MS available Winner of the 2019 Penguin Literary Prize.
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LEAH PURCELL: CARA BLACK:
THE DROVER’S WIFE THREE HOURS IN PARIS
“Tarantino meets ‘Deadwood’”. In June of 1940, when Paris fell to the Nazis, Hitler spent only
A undeniably authentic, brilliantly plotted, thoroughly three hours in the City of Light, abruptly leaving, never to
harrowing thriller. return. To this day, no one knows why.
The novel’s inspiration is the play of the same name, a theatrical and Kate Rees, a young American markswoman, has been recruited by
ground-breaking retelling of Henry Lawson’s famed The Drover’s British intelligence to drop into Paris with a dangerous assignment:
Wife, written by Leah Purcell. assassinate the Führer. Wrecked by grief after a Luftwaffe bombing
In it, Leah Purcell reimagines Lawson’s story vividly and deeply to killed her husband and daughter, she is armed with a rifle, a
portray the drover’s heroic wife as a righteous avenger - on behalf vendetta, and fierce resolve. But other than rushed, rudimentary
of herself, her children and what turns out to be her race - in a instruction, she has no formal spy training. Thrust into the red-hot
savage male world. center of the war, a country girl from rural Oregon finds herself
A taut thriller of our pioneering past, The Drover’s Wife is full of holding the fate of the world in her hands. When Kate misses her
fury, power and has a black sting to the tail, reaching from our mark and the plan unravels, Kate is on the run for her life—all the
nation’s infancy into our complicated present. time wrestling with the suspicion that the whole operation was a
setup.
Leah Purcell is an author, director, playwright, actor, filmmaker,
Hamish Hamilton 12/19 theatre-maker and screenwriter. Her latest work The Drover’s Wife, Soho Crime 04/20 Cara Black is the author of the New York Times bestselling Aimée
Penguin Random House Australia written and starring Purcell, has won (among others) the VIC and Soho Press Leduc series. She has received multiple nominations for the
NSW Premiers’ Literary Awards for Best Play, Best Book, Prize for Anthony and Macavity Awards, and her books have been translated
192 pp. Literature and the UNESCO City of Sydney Film Award. 360 pp. into German, Norwegian, Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, and
The film The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson will be Hebrew.
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released 2020.
RUFI THORPE: JACK FLYNN:
THE KNOCKOUT QUEEN BLOOD IN THE WATER
A dazzling and darkly comic novel of love, violence, and This is a heart-stopping, fast-paced story set in Boston with a
friendship. slightly criminal hero to root for.
Bunny Lampert is the princess of North Shore — beautiful, tall,
Boston is in the grip of the coldest winter on record, but in its criminal
blond, with a rich father and a swimming pool in her backyard. underworld the temperature is rising.
Michael — with a ponytail down his back and a septum piercing —
Harbour chief Cormack O’Connell has lived his life above and below
lives with his aunt in the cramped stucco cottage next door. When
the law. He knows every movement on his waterfront, and that's why
Bunny catches Michael smoking in her yard, he discovers that her
someone wants him out of the way, fast.
life is not as perfect as it seems. At six foot three, Bunny towers over
Homeland security agent Kit Steele is committed to avenge
their classmates. She is desperate to fit in, to seem normal, and to terrorism. Also known as The Hunter, she’s got her eye on the prize.
get a boyfriend, all while hiding her father's escalating alcoholism.
This time it’s personal, she’s nothing left to lose.
Meanwhile, Michael has secrets of his own. At home and at school Her prey is Vincente Carpio, one of the world’s most dangerous
he pretends to be straight, but at night he meets men online for criminals. He is clever, calculating and he's biding his time.
anonymous encounters that both thrill and scare him. When Michael
Diamond O’Connell is a daughter, a lover and a fighter. She’s seen
falls in love for the first time, a vicious strain of gossip circulates and
things most nineteen-year-old girls couldn’t even begin to imagine.
a terrible, brutal act becomes the defining feature of both his and And she’s about to become a pawn in a deadly game of cat and
Bunny's futures — and of their friendship.
mouse…
With storytelling as intoxicating as it is intelligent, Rufi Thorpe has
Knopf 04/20 created a tragic and unflinching portrait of identity, a fascinating St. Martin’s Press 09/19
Jack Flynn is a lawyer in Boston and has worked pro bono on behalf
examination of our struggles to exist in our bodies, and an of wrongly convicted individuals. He lives south of the city and writes
The Friedrich Agency excruciatingly beautiful story of two humans aching for connection. Aaron Priest Literary Agency
on his daily commute across Boston Harbor.
Rufi Thorpe is the author of three novels. Her first, The Girls from 432 pp.
288 pp.
Corona del Mar, was long-listed for the 2014 International Dylan
Thomas Prize and for the 2014 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize. “Flynn hits the trifecta – brilliant, brawny, and totally believable.” –
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David Baldacci
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GRADY HENDRIX: LIAM PIEPER:
THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB'S GUIDE TO SLAYING SWEETNESS AND LIGHT
VAMPIRES
Connor is an Australian expat with a dark past who lives in a sleepy
Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias meet Dracula in this tourist town on the west coast of India. He’s a part-time dive
character-driven horror novel set in 1990s suburban instructor, and a part-time conman – surviving on what he can beg,
Charleston borrow and steal from lonely tourists on their own spiritual journeys.
Patricia Campbell’s life has never felt smaller. Her husband is too When one of his scams goes horribly wrong, He’s offered a chance
busy to kiss her goodbye, her kids are wrapped up in their own lives at redemption, if he’ll agree to smuggle a package across the
and the one thing she has to look forward to is her book club, a country.
close-knit group of Charleston women united by their love of true On the train he meets Olga, a kind-hearted New Yorker on her way
crime and suspenseful fiction. to an ashram where she hopes to find direction from a famous Guru.
This pattern is upended when Patricia is viciously attacked by an She invites Connor to accompany her on her spiritual journey – and
elderly neighbour, bringing his handsome nephew, James Harris, he implicates her in his crime without her knowledge.
into her life. James makes Patricia feel things she hasn’t felt in In the ashram, against the backdrop of the monsoon season,
twenty years. But there’s something…off…and then Patricia’s senile Connor and Olga share a connection – and a desire to find, in each
mother-in-law insists she knew him back when she was a girl. other or India itself, the happiness that eluded them in their own
When local children go missing, Patricia has reason to believe that countries. But their relationship is tested as Olga falls under the
James might be more Bundy than Beatnik. But once she and the sway of the Guru and her ashram, and Connor’s suspicion grows
04/20 book club members investigate further, the true monster emerges— Hamish Hamilton 03/20 that something is deeply, deeply wrong with the place.
and he’s far more terrifying than any serial killer they’ve ever read
Quirk Books about. Penguin Random House Australia Liam Pieper is an author and journalist. His first book was a memoir,
Grady Hendrix is a novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of The Feel-Good Hit of the Year, shortlisted for the National Biography
392 pp. 320 pp. Award and the Ned Kelly Best True Crime award. His first novel, The
Horrorstör, My Best Friend’s Exorcism, Paperbacks from Hell, and
We Sold Our Souls, all of which received critical praise including the Toymaker, received the 2016 Christina Stead Fiction Award from
MS available Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and more. MS available November the Fellowship of Australian Writers.
DREW MURRAY: CAMILLA TRINCHIERI:
BROKEN GENIUS MURDER IN CHIANTI
Harlan Coben meets Criminal Minds in this FBI procedural Mourning the loss of his late wife, former NYPD homicide detective
that keeps tongue safely in cheek while solving an evolving Nico Doyle moves to her hometown of Gravigna in the wine-soaked
web of 21st century crimes. region of Chianti. Half-Italian and half-Irish, he finds himself able to
In 2011, Will Parker was the young prodigy CEO of a big tech get by in the region, but he still feels alone and out of place. He isn't
company when he made a coding mistake that cost a college sure if it's peace he's seeking, but that certainly isn't what he finds:
student her life. To assuage his guilt, he left the Valley to pursue a early one morning he hears a gunshot near his cabin and walks
career as an FBI agent in their cyber-crime division. Now, Special outside to the sight of a flashily dressed man with his face blown off,
Agent Will Parker is called to investigate a murder scene in the accompanied by a friendly dog Nico hastily adopts.
Midwest, where the victim has ties to a radioactive quantum Salvatore Perillo, the local maresciallo, enlists Nico's help with the
computer Will was working on before he left his gig as murder case, though it's unclear whether the man knows about
CEO. Working with smart local homicide detective Dana Lopez and Nico's old career. It turns out more than one person in this idyllic
FBI stuffed-shirt Thomas Decker, Will discovers the victim was corner of Italy knew the victim, and with a very small pool of
holding an auction for the computer on the Dark Web—and the suspects, including his own in-laws, Nico must dig up Gravigna's
bidding is still live. With far-reaching bidders including a legendary every last painful secret to get to the truth.
Chinese hacker, Russian criminals sent by the Kremlin, and a Camilla Trinchieri worked for many years dubbing films in Rome
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Ocean View 06/20 finds a life in his hands when the victim’s daughter is taken hostage. SohoCrime 06/20 Camilla Crespi, she has published the "The Trouble With" mystery
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out of the wrong hands. Studies Association Award.
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SAM TSCHIDA: DENISE HESSELMANN, MICHAEL KUCHARSKI
SIRI, WHO AM I? WER SAUFEN KANN, KANN AUCH KOCHEN
Das Buch zur aktiven Katerbewältigung
Memento gets a Millennial makeover by debut author Sam
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remember where she lives, but she can use her Instagram to figure lassen. Neben den Rezepten haben die Autoren einige kurzweilige
out the basics of her life. Easy enough, right? Geschichten zusammengetragen, die dem Leser schnell wieder ins
Maybe not. As Mia works backward through her Instagram to piece Gedächtnis rufen, warum es sich manchmal auch lohnt, sich
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ist wahr, was Fake?
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convince his parents and his kingdom that he has found love. He will realen Alltag und der neuesten Netflix-Serie versucht der allseits
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and she thinks this is the role of her life. She is really going to have Entweder - Oder.
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Non-Fiction SIERRA CRANE MURDOCH:
YELLOW BIRD
ANONYMOUS:
The true crime story of a murder on an Indian reservation, and
BECOMING DUCHESS GOLDBLATT the unforgettable Arikara woman who becomes obsessed with
“The only way to be reliably sure that the hero gets the girl at solving it—an urgent, page-turning work of literary journalism
the end of the story is to be both the hero and the girl and social criticism.
yourself.”—Duchess Goldblatt When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found
Becoming Duchess Goldblatt is two stories: that of the reclusive real- her home, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, transformed
life writer who created a fictional character out of loneliness and thin beyond recognition by the Bakken oil boom, her tribal government
air, and that of the magical Duchess Goldblatt herself, a bright light swayed by corporate interests, and her community burdened by
in the darkness of social media. Fans around the world are drawn to violence and addiction. Three years later, when Lissa learned that a
Her Grace’s voice, her wit, her life-affirming love for all humanity, and young white oil worker, Kristopher "KC" Clarke, had disappeared
the fun and friendship of the community that’s sprung up around her. from his reservation worksite, she became particularly concerned.
@DuchessGoldblatt brought people together in her name: in No one knew where Clarke had gone, and few people were actively
bookstores, museums, concerts, and coffee shops, and along the looking for him. Yellow Bird traces Lissa's steps as she obsessively
way, brought real friends home - foremost among them, Lyle Lovett. hunts for clues to Clarke's disappearance.
Yellow Bird is a masterfully reported story about a search for justice
Duchess Goldblatt, 81, is the inspirational author of An Axe to and a remarkable portrait of a complex woman who is smart, funny,
Grind; Feasting on the Carcasses of My Enemies: A Love Story; and eloquent, compassionate and also manipulative. Drawing on eight
the heartwarming meditation on mothers and daughters Not If I Kill Spiegel and Grau 07/19 years of immersive investigation, Crane Murdoch has produced a
You First. A cultural icon, trophy ex-wife, friend to all humanity, and deep examination of the legacy of systematic violence inflicted on a
Houghton Mifflin 07/20
sponsor of the prestigious Goldblatt Prize in Fiction, she lives in Friedrich Agency tribal nation and a tale of extraordinary healing.
Friedrich Agency Crooked Path, NY. She’s fictional but her love is real. Sierra Crane Murdoch is a journalist based in the American West
Anonymous, the real-life person in whose mind Duchess Goldblatt 272 pp. and has written for The Atlantic, The New Yorker online, Virginia
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JULIA GILLARD, NGOZI OKONJI-IWEALA:
IRENE BUTTER:
WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP: REAL LIVES, REAL
SHORES BEYOND SHORES. From Holocaust to
LESSONS
Hope. My True Story
As Irene's Pappi fights to save his family during the Holocaust, Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and international
Irene's childhood is lost. Play is restricted. Family and friends development expert Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala combine their forces
disappear. Finally, with the Dutch police at their door comes the to consider questions of women and leadership.
reality that Irene's father has not moved his family far enough from
Hitler's Germany. By January 1945, the family is struggling to survive Relying on the words of women leaders to describe their own
a death camp. Irene tends her ailing parents, cares for starving kids, experiences, Women and Leadership presents a lively and readable
and even helps bring clothes to her Amsterdam neighbour Anne analysis of how gender impacts the access of women to positions of
Frank, before her family is offered a singular chance for freedom... political leadership. In today’s world, women make up less than 10%
After two weeks of heart-lifting miracles and heart-breaking of national leaders. At the current rate of progress it will take 50
tragedies, Irene arrives in the Algerian desert, without her parents or years for women to reach equal numbers in parliaments, and 100
brother. years for ministerial positions. Women leaders often have
Irene Butter’s memoir, Shores Beyond Shores, is an account of how biographies or autobiographies published but may shy away from
the heart keeps its common humanity in the most inhumane and dealing deeply with gender questions. Women and Leadership fills
turbulent of times. Irene’s hard-earned lessons are a timeless that void, taking a consistent, comprehensive approach to teasing
inspiration. out what is different for women leaders. The real-world experiences
Vintage Australia 07/20 of the interviewees are tested against the authors’ hypotheses of
White River Press 04/18 Irene Hasenberg Butter is a well-known peace activist and
Professor Emerita at the University of Michigan. She is an how gender impacts leadership.
Penguin Random House Australia
Read! inspirational speaker, talking about World War II and the importance
of “never a bystander” and ”one person can make a difference.” Irene Featuring: Jacinda Ardern, Hillary Clinton, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf,
290 pp. 368 pp. Michelle Bachelet, Joyce Banda, Erna Solberg, Theresa May,
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MAGGIE GROFF: RUSSEL HOWCROFT, ALEX WADELTON:
MRS GROFF’S MISCHIEVOUS BOOK OF THE RIGHT-BRAIN WORKOUT
MOTHERHOOD MANAGEMENT
Creativity has the power to transform. To transform you, your
You can fool all of the children some of the time, and some of mental state, your relationships, your work, and, yes, even the
the children all of the time, but with practice you can fool all of world.
the children all of the time. And their fathers.
In The Right-Brain Workout, you’ll find 70 questions posed by some
Warm, funny and wise, Mrs Groff’s Mischievous Book of of the most creative people from the worlds of comedy, art,
Motherhood Management is an irresistible voice for our time, based advertising, music, literature and photography. Questions that will
on her hugely successful Mothers Behaving Badly. Packed with a challenge you to be more creative, every day.
treasure trove of fascinating new information about the female You’ll rediscover the creativity that we all had inside of us when we
parent commonly known as ‘mother’ – and a multitude of hints, facts, were kids. Or you’ll enhance your already creative mind. Plus, you’ll
cheats, ideas and curiosities – it champions common sense and uncover weekly Right-brain Tips: simple things that you can do to
skewers nonsense at every turn. Above all, this charming little gift stimulate your brain. It’s the fun and energising exercise regimen for
book will surprise and delight. your brain that you didn’t know you were looking for. And it just might
help unlock the creative genius inside of you…
Maggie Groff is a multi-award-winning novelist, columnist and non-
fiction writer whose work has been translated and published Former adman Russel Howcroft has worked for some of the best
Bantam Australia 12/19 internationally. She is the author of three non-fiction books: the best- PRH Australia 12/19 agencies in the world. He co-founded Leonardi Brandhouse and ran
selling Mothers Behaving Badly (1999), Hoax Cuisine (2001) and his own agencies with various partners for eleven years.
Penguin Random House Australia Penguin Random House Australia
Not Your Average Nurse (2017). Maggie is also the author of the Alex Wadelton was in 2016 rated as one of the world’s top 20
two highly-acclaimed crime novels featuring investigative reporter advertising writers and creative directors. His advertising campaigns
208 pp. 128 pp.
Scout Davis: Mad Men, Bad Girls (2012) and Good News, Bad News have run all around the world and his charity campaigns have raised
(2013). hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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ROB HOPKINS: RUBY JONES:
FROM WHAT IS TO WHAT IF ALL OF THIS IS FOR YOU
If there is a consensus about anything in today’s fractured world, it’s A beautiful, thoughtful gift book by Ruby Jones, the celebrated
that the future looks grim. Unprecedented levels of anxiety and young illustrator behind the artwork ‘This is your home and you
loneliness, especially among young people, have metastasized into should have been safe here.’
a severe mental health crisis of epidemic proportions.
Extremist movements and governments are on the rise. Life can be overwhelming, particularly in 2019. Ruby’s witty,
Catastrophic climate change is well underway. Biodiversity loss. compassionate and colourful illustrations never fail to bring a smile
Food insecurity. The fracturing of entire ecosystems beyond repair. of recognition, while her practical words of advice and reassurance
This is why From What Is to What If is the most courageous and remind us of how lucky we are to be here, and how we can be kinder
necessary book this year. to ourselves, to the people in our lives and to the world around us.
On page after page, Transition Movement founder Rob Hopkins Ruby’s work is instantly recognisable and is suitable for a young
shows us evidence that things can indeed change. Perspectives can audience through to adults – for everyone navigating modern life.
change. Whole societies and cultures can change—rapidly, She deals with difficult feelings and emotions (grief, depression,
dramatically, and unexpectedly—for the better. anxiety, body image) skilfully, with just the right touch of humour
So why are we failing on a global scale? Because, Hopkins argues, when needed.
we’ve forgotten how to use our most critical tool: the human These simple, heartfelt messages speak to the human condition and
imagination. The ability to simply ask, What if? In this passionate call transcend race and culture with images that represent a global
10/19 to action, Hopkins explores what we must do to revive and replenish diversity. Content will resonate with a broad audience, and readers
PRH New Zealand 11/19 will see themselves in her illustrations and readily identify with the
our collective imagination. Once achieved, there is no end to what
we might accomplish. Penguin Random House NZ messages.
Chelsea Green
Rob Hopkins is the author of The Power of Just Doing Stuff, The Ruby Jones is an artist and writer whose messages of hope and
Transition Handbook, and The Transition Companion. He was voted 104 pp. kindness gained worldwide attention after the March 2019
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ROBERT L. LEAHY:
PAUL MCINTYRE:
THE JEALOUSY CURE
USE IT OR LOSE IT
Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D., world renowned cognitive therapist and
author of the bestselling work, The Worry Cure has a new book, We all want to age well, but what does that really mean? Should
The Jealousy Cure, destined to also be a bestseller. we be playing endless Sudoku to stimulate our brains, or
Could jealousy be a positive thing? In this ground-breaking book, power-walking our way to eternal youth?
Robert L. Leahy invites you to gain a greater understanding of your
jealous feelings, keep jealousy from hijacking your life, and create In Use It or Lose It Paul McIntyre sorts the fact from the fiction and
healthier relationships. But what if jealousy isn’t just a neurotic reveals the practical measures we can all take to keep our body in
weakness? What if it signals that your relationship matters to you? good shape and our brain sharp and alert. Because when it comes
In short—what if jealousy serves a purpose? to positive ageing, our physical and mental health are one and the
In The Jealousy Cure, renowned psychologist Robert L. Leahy takes same. Believe it or not, preventing a disease as serious as dementia
a more nuanced approach to tackling feelings of jealousy: You’ll is as much about pursuing interests and having a flourishing social
uncover the evolutionary origins of jealousy, and how and why it’s life as it is about standard health prescriptions. Good nutrition,
served to help us as a species. You’ll also learn practices based in regular exercise, relaxation, social interaction and healthy activities
emotional schema theory, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), are paramount for your body and your brain and your emotional
acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and mindfulness to outlook as you get older.
help you overcome the shame jealousy can bring and improve With key advice from experts in diet, nutrition, dementia research
communication with your partner. You will learn that confronting and psychology, and lots of activities and suggestions to inspire you,
New Harbinger 03/18 jealousy in your relationship does not have to be a catastrophe, but Penguin Life 07/19 including some delicious health-boosting recipes, Use It or Lose It is
can redirect you and your partner to build more trust, acceptance, an essential guide to remaining vital through mid-life and beyond.
D4EO Literary Agency and connection. We often feel jealous because we fear losing the Penguin Random House Australia
things or people that matter to us the most. With this insightful guide, Paul McIntyre is the host of ABC Radio’s ‘Medical Matters’ and has
you’ll discover how jealousy can both help and hurt your more than two decades of experience at ABC Radio. He is also a
248 pp. 272 pp.
relationship, and learn proven-effective skills to keep jealousy in its playwright and lives in Tasmania with his partner.
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DAN MARSHALL: CANDACE ROSE RARDON:
MIND BLOWN STUFF EVERY TEA LOVER SHOULD KNOW
Tea is arguably the most popular beverage in the world, but
Prepare to have your mind blown… there’s more to know beyond the colorful boxes sold at your
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Did you know space is only an hour’s drive away? Did you know Like wine and beer, each tea variety has its own distinct history,
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has ever existed on Earth, 99.9% of it is extinct? Needle. Tea is also embedded in the traditions of many cultures
Dan Marshall’s slick new book is packed to the brim with facts that around the world and is shared with others through distinctive
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bring to life some of the hardest to believe and awesomely real facts Within the pages of this pocket-sized guide, you’ll find information,
you’ll ever see. how-tos, and trivia for tea lovers of all levels.
Dan Marshall is a designer, illustrator and writer who runs a design Experts and newbies alike will learn about:
agency, Studio Marshall. For over 20 years he has worked with a • Tea Bags vs. Loose Leaf
diverse group of clients including the Sydney Opera House, The • How to Prepare Tea
Australian Museum, One Laptop Per Child, The Hunger Project, • Tea Traditions around the World
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Mind Blown was born from Dan’s passion for graphic design, Candace Rose Rardon is a travel writer, illustrator, and avid tea
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