A new @peterjamesauthor.bsky.social short story, JOHN GREBBLE IS GONE, is available now from Amazon Publishing! 🎉 John Grebble wakes up to discover he’s been declared dead. His bank account is frozen, his car repossessed, and his entire existence erased. Someone wants him gone – but who? And why?

NEWS: Edward Wilson-Lee’s THE CATALOGUE OF SHIPWRECKED BOOKS recognised as PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize looks back on 25 years of historical non-fiction Read more: blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/catalog... ⚓️📚⚓️📚 Out now from @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social and @scribnerbooks.bsky.social Photos: Orlando Myxx

Will an adventure sailing The River Nile turn the tide for Hattie?🚢☀️ A gloriously escapist read full of sun, secrets & romance, THE NILE CRUISE by @carolinejames1.bsky.social is perfect for fans of Sarah Morgan & Judy Leigh & now out in paperback from Avon Books! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Five-star service. First-class murder. BELOW THE DECK is the new pulse-pounding destination thriller from @nikkiallenauthor.bsky.social – perfect for fans of Ruth Ware and Lucy Clarke and now available in paperback from @panmacmillan.bsky.social!🚢☀️🏝️ uk.bookshop.org/p/books/belo...

In the depths of a Welsh valley, two women, centuries apart, are bound by fate… From the multi-million copy bestselling author Barbara Erskine comes a gripping new novel – THE VALLEY OF RAVENS. Published today by @harpercollins.bsky.social!📚🦅 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/unti...

NEWS: @deonmeyer.bsky.social's SKORPIO pushes on to the shortlist for the SA Book Awards Favourite Bestselling Adult Fiction Prize 🌠🏆🌠🏆🌠 Read more: blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/deon-me...

We’re delighted that @bookouture.bsky.social has acquired the next two novels in @jeanfullerton.bsky.social’s #EastEndGirls series!📚✨ For more details, read our news story: blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/jean-fu...

COVER REVEAL: Two impossible cases. One unstoppable team… introducing SCORPIO RISING, the latest Griessel and Cupido novel by @deonmeyer.bsky.social! 🌔🔥🌖 Out from @panmacmillan.bsky.social in South Africa in October 2026, and in the UK on 11 February 2027 Pre-order now: lnk.to/ScorpioRising

New York, 1941. A murder investigation leads Gunner to uncover a conspiracy that goes beyond what he thought was possible. A riveting & atmospheric wartime thriller, DECEPTION is the second novel in the acclaimed #Gunner series by Alan Parks. Out now in hardback from @baskervillejmp.bsky.social! 📚

‘Honest, skilful, thoughtful and important’ – The Guardian A beautiful new edition of SMALL ISLAND, the Orange Prize winning classic by Andrea Levy, is being published today by Tinder Press – and featuring an introduction from none other than Monique Roffey!📚 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/smal...

Two sisters she’s never met. A first love who’s impossible to forget... SECRETS OF THE ITALIAN GUESTHOUSE, the first in @suemoorcroftauthor.bsky.social’s delightful new #ItalianLegacy series, is published today by @dialoguepublishing.bsky.social!🌸☀️ uk.bookshop.org/p/books/lega...

NEWS: @deonmeyer.bsky.social's SKORPIO longlisted for SA Book Awards' Favourite Bestselling Adult Fiction prize 🏆🌠🏆 Out now in Afrikaans from Human & Rousseau – English editions to follow from @panmacmillan.bsky.social and @groveatlantic.bsky.social Read more: blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/deon-me...

We’re delighted that Amazon Original Stories will publish a brand-new story from no.1 Sunday Times bestselling writer @peterjamesauthor.bsky.social in August! 🥳 JOHN GREBBLE IS GONE follows a man who wakes up to discover that he’s been declared dead… More here: blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/john-gr...

Applications for the 2026 Carole Blake Open Doors Project are now open! 🎉📚 On offer are two separate opportunities – a 6-month long mentorship and a 5 day in-person, online or hybrid internship. blakefriedmann.co.uk/carole-blake...

We’re delighted that SMITTEN by Tom Bellamy has been selected as one of Spotify’s Best Nonfiction Book of the Year So Far – congratulations Tom!🎧🥳🎉

QUEERPHORIA, an anthology featuring writing by James Cahill, is published by Verve Books today!📚 Through prose, poetry, essays and more, thirty-one writers bring their visions of euphoria to life. These pages celebrate, subvert, expand and reimagine what joy can look like, even in uncertain times.

Brighton is celebrating. A killer is waiting. And Roy Grace is the target… We’re thrilled to share the cover for DEAD IN THREE TWO ONE, the latest in @peterjamesauthor.bsky.social’s #RoyGrace series which will be published by @panmacmillan.bsky.social on 22 October: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/dead...

‘A storm of a novel’ – Lucy Rose WHO WILL REMAIN by Kasim Ali is a powerful novel following a young man as he weighs up the life of safety that his parents want for him and another path on the streets outside his door. Now out in paperback from @4thestatebooks.bsky.social!📚

QUEERPHORIA, an anthology featuring writing by James Cahill, is published in e-book by @verve_books today!📚🌟 Through prose, poetry & more, thirty-one writers bring their visions of euphoria to life. These pages celebrate, subvert, expand & reimagine what joy can look like, even in uncertain times.

NEWS: Edward Wilson-Lee’s ‘suis generis’ Renaissance genius biography THE GRAMMAR OF ANGELS to be published in North America by @pegasus-books.bsky.social ☀️📜🪶☀️ Read more: blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/edward-... Out now in the UK from @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social

Drum roll please… we’re excited to reveal that the next title in @peterjamesauthor.bsky.social’s #RoyGrace series is DEAD IN THREE TWO ONE!🚨🚨🚨 Brighton is celebrating. A killer is waiting. And Roy Grace is the target.. @panmacmillan.bsky.social will publish on 22 October 2026 – pre-order now!

LIAR LIAR, the first in a new Liverpool-set crime series by @lucaveste.bsky.social, is out today from Avon Books!📚 Disgraced detective Mark Fletcher wakes up in a hotel room with no memory of the last 24 hours… and a dead body beside him. The evidence says he did it. His instincts say otherwise.

RAVEHEART is a high NRG, whip-smart look at the state of modern Britain through the eyes of a disparate band of rave rebels, from the author of the acclaimed, bestselling debut THE YOUNG TEAM, @graemearmstrong.bsky.social. Now available in hardback from @4thestatebooks.bsky.social! 📚🎶👽

Travelling the country and exploring the villages, towns and cities of our coast, Natasha Carthew meets the people fighting to keep these places alive. With fierce compassion, she shares their stories in ROUGH EDGES – out now from @sceptrebooks.bsky.social!📚🌊 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/roug...

Full of colourful characters, sly twists, and set in a charming seaside town, THE DOGWALKERS' DETECTIVE AGENCY by @michaelhogan100.bsky.social is an inventive murder mystery that will captivate cozy crime fans and dog lovers alike. 🐕🐩🦮🐕‍🦺

PROOF OF LIFE, the third in @writerkcampbell.bsky.social’s #AnnaCameron series, is now available as an audiobook from Bolinda! 🎧🌒🎧 When a body is discovered in a Glasgow canal, the death proves to have an unexpected link to something Anna wants desperately to forget… libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

A WARTIME PROMISE FOR THE EAST END GIRLS by @jeanfullerton.bsky.social is out now from @bookouture.bsky.social!📚 East London, 1943: As air raid sirens wail, can the East End Girls join forces to protect their city and the people they love? bookouture.com/books/3814/

NEWS: @alanparks.bsky.social's GUNNER shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association 2026 Historical Dagger award! 🏆 📚🔦🏆 Read more: blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/alan-pa... Out now from @baskervillejmp.bsky.social and @pegasus-books.bsky.social

NEWS: Harry Whitehead's WHITE ROAD shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize! 📚❄ 📚❄ 📚❄ Read more: blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/harry-w... Out now from Claret Press and @wfhowes.bsky.social

‘A gem of a read’ – Faith Hogan Could Paris be the place to turn a new page? ON THE BOOK TRAIN TO PARIS, the heartwarming and uplifting new novel from the author of THE LIBRARY OF LOST LOVE, Norie Clarke, is published in paperback today by @headlinebooks.bsky.social!📚🚂🌸