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ORION FICTION APRIL Charlie Huston Sleepless A blisteringly powerful thriller set in a Los Angeles ravaged by a plague of sleeplessness When a plague of sleeplessness attacks Los Angeles and the world beyond, LAPD cop Parker T. Haas’ cast-iron sense of right and wrong is tested to destruction. As Haas negotiates the increasingly chaotic and dangerous world of a city slowly going mad, he crosses the path of a fanatically amoral hired killer. Parker must figure out how to save his wife Rose – herself a victim of the disease – and their newborn baby, whose uncertain future is coming into being before their eyes. Charlie Huston lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the actress Virginia Louise Smith. www .pulpnoir .com Fiction Cased/Trade Paperback (export only) April/January £12.99/£12.99 400pp 234 x 153mm 978 1 4091 1499 4/978 1 4091 1500 7 Markets: World XUSAC USA: Random House; Translation: Writers House Serial: Orion 36 www.orionbooks.co.uk ley irley Brad Sh © Alan Bradley The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag The delightfully dark second volume in the acclaimed Flavia de Luce mystery series When a travelling puppet show arrives in Bishop’s Lacey, a dark shadow is cast over the sleepy English village. First, a grisly murder takes place during a performance of Jack and the Beanstalk in the village hall and then an earlier, even nastier crime is revealed. For eleven-year-old Flavia, undoing the complex knot that ties these strands together will test her precocious powers of deduction to the limit. Alan Bradley is the author of the first Flavia de Luce mystery, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. He lives in southern Europe. www.flaviadeluce.com. Fiction Cased/Trade Paperback (export only) April £12.99/£12.99 304pp 216 x 135mm/234 x 153mm 978 0 7528 9713 4/978 0 7528 9714 1 Markets: World XUSAC USA: Bantam; Translation: Denise Bukowski; Serial: Orion
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APRIL ORION FICTION Steve Hamilton TheLock Artist Abrilliant new standalone thriller from the Edgar-winning author of Night Work The papers called him ‘the miracle boy’, the kid who survived against all the odds. But although Michael emerged physically unscathed from the tragedy that destroyed his family, he was never quite the same again. But there is one thing Michael discovers he can do. Open locks. Soon the Miracle Boy is performing real miracles. Opening safes. The trouble is, if it doesn’t get him killed first, cracking safes could end up putting Michael back in a box. And then there’ll be no escape from the nightmare of the past. Steve Hamiltonlives in upstate New York with his family. www.authorstevehamilton.com Fiction Cased/Trade Paperback April/February £12.99/£12.99 304pp 234 x 153mm 978 0 7528 9195 8/978 0 7528 9196 5 Markets: World XUSAC USA: St Martin’sPress; Translation: Jane Chelius Serial: Orion Harlan Coben Caught The pulse-pounding new thriller from the No.1 bestseller Wendy is a reporter on a mission: she’s chasing down the lowest of the low – sexual predators. Her big break comes when she nails a child advocate who works with abused children. Three months later it all comes unhinged. Secrets long-buried rise to the surface and Wendy begins to wonder if she has unwittingly been part of a grand manipulation aiming to destroy an innocent man… Harlan Cobenlives in New Jersey with his wife and four children. www.harlancoben.com Fiction Cased/Trade Paperback (export only) April £18.99/£12.99 352pp 234 x 153mm 978 1 4091 1249 5/978 1 4091 1250 1 Markets: World XUSAC USA: Penguin; Translation: Aaron Priest Serial: Orion 􏰤 www.orionbooks.co.uk 37

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ORION FICTION APRIL

Charlie Huston Sleepless

A blisteringly powerful thriller set in a Los Angeles ravaged by a plague of sleeplessness When a plague of sleeplessness attacks Los Angeles and the world beyond, LAPD cop Parker T. Haas’ cast-iron sense of right and wrong is tested to destruction. As Haas negotiates the increasingly chaotic and dangerous world of a city slowly going mad, he crosses the path of a fanatically amoral hired killer. Parker must figure out how to save his wife Rose – herself a victim of the disease – and their newborn baby, whose uncertain future is coming into being before their eyes. Charlie Huston lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the actress Virginia Louise Smith. www .pulpnoir .com

Fiction Cased/Trade Paperback (export only) April/January £12.99/£12.99 400pp 234 x 153mm 978 1 4091 1499 4/978 1 4091 1500 7 Markets: World XUSAC USA: Random House; Translation: Writers House Serial: Orion

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Alan Bradley The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag

The delightfully dark second volume in the acclaimed Flavia de Luce mystery series When a travelling puppet show arrives in Bishop’s Lacey, a dark shadow is cast over the sleepy English village. First, a grisly murder takes place during a performance of Jack and the Beanstalk in the village hall and then an earlier, even nastier crime is revealed. For eleven-year-old Flavia, undoing the complex knot that ties these strands together will test her precocious powers of deduction to the limit. Alan Bradley is the author of the first Flavia de Luce mystery, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. He lives in southern Europe. www.flaviadeluce.com.

Fiction Cased/Trade Paperback (export only) April £12.99/£12.99 304pp 216 x 135mm/234 x 153mm 978 0 7528 9713 4/978 0 7528 9714 1 Markets: World XUSAC USA: Bantam; Translation: Denise Bukowski; Serial: Orion

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