Tag: Mystery

New TALES FROM THE FOLLY Paperback Out Tomorrow

Posted on Monday, September 15th, 2025

Tomorrow, JABberwocky are due to publish a new paperback edition of Ben Aaronovitch‘s TALES FROM THE FOLLY! A collection of the author’s short fiction set in the Rivers of London world, here’s the synopsis…

This first short story collection from #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch.

TALES FROM THE FOLLY is a carefully curated collection that gathers together previously published stories and brand new tales in the same place for the first time. Each tale features a new introduction from the author, filled with insights and anecdotes offering the reader a deeper exploration into this absorbing fictional world.

With an introduction from internationally bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, Charlaine Harris, this is a must read for any Rivers of London fan. Discover why this incredible series has sold over 7.5 million copies around the world. If you’ re a fan of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams— don’t panic— you will love Ben Aaronovitch.

The latest novel in the Rivers of London series is STONE & SKY — out now, published by Gollancz/Orion (UK), DAW Books (North America), and DTV (Germany).

Lavie Tidhar’s GOLGOTHA Out Now!

Posted on Thursday, September 11th, 2025

GOLGOTHA, the conclusion to the acclaimed Maror trilogy by Lavie Tidhar, is out now! Published by Apollo/Head of Zeus, here’s the synopsis…

Two men, decades apart, are ensnared in the deadly search for a fabled treasure in the conclusion to Lavie Tidhar’s epic and audacious Maror Trilogy.

1882, Jerusalem
The foreigner. A man with no name, twin guns at his hips, a wide-brimmed hat on his head. A European exile in the backwaters of Ottoman Palestine, The foreigner is a bounty hunter in pursuit of a thief.

1948, Haifa
Burton. A man with one name, a detective inspector in the crumpled khaki uniform of the Palestine Police Force’s CID. With just seven days before the British Mandate ends, he must find a murderer and a missing aristocrat, as order collapses around him.

Both men are outsiders in a land that is a palimpsest of ruins and loyalties, legacy of a history written in blood on a landscape that remembers everything. Both men will treat with bandits and mystics, dreamers and killers as they pursue their quarry; both will be ensnared in a lethal search for the fabled treasures of the Second Temple, long-lost amid the rise and fall of peoples, nations and empires. And both will be haunted by their dreams: burning red skies, a mountain of skulls, echoes of a vision from the dawn of humanity.

Before Jerusalem, before Jericho, there has always been Golgotha.

‘A searing portrait of history as both knife and the longing heart it seeks. Tidhar’s best.’ — Junot Díaz

‘The feel and senses of this complicated world come vividly to life, and you can almost smell the hot sand and sun-baked goats. Twists and turns abound, and the body count mounts up – as it continues to do today unfortunately in this contested place. Perhaps the treasure we seek should be the ability to co-exist together even when we are from different peoples, tribes, religions, etc., and this could be seen as one of the key themes of the novel.’ — Historical Novels Society Magazine

The first two novels in the trilogy — MAROR and ADAMA — are out now, also published by Apollo/Head of Zeus.

THE MASQUERADES OF SPRING by Ben Aaronovitch Out Now in Paperback!

Posted on Thursday, September 4th, 2025

THE MASQUERADES OF SPRING, the latest Rivers of London novella from Ben Aaronovitch, is out today in a new UK paperback edition! Published by Gollancz/Orion, it is also available as an eBook and audiobook. Here’s the synopsis…

Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young – flaneur extraordinaire and Englishman abroad – as he chronicles the Jazz Age from his perch atop the city that never sleeps.

‘Gussie’ is not one to shun shut-eye himself, however. But his peaceful luxuriation is about to be rudely awakened by the arrival of an unexpected guest.

Enter his old friend Thomas Nightingale, who has braved the Atlantic passage pursuing the matter of a rather intriguing saxophone said to possess a strange power over those who play it.

This deeply inconvenient affair will rouse Gussie from his warm bed for the cold shores of Long Island – and down to the jazz clubs of Harlem where music, magic, and madness haunt the shadows…

THE MASQUERADES OF SPRING was an instant Sunday Times Bestseller when it was published in hardcover. The novella is published in North America by Subterranean Press, available in hardcover and also eBook. The book is also available in Germany, published by DTV as EINE NACHTIGALL IN NEW YORK.

Lavie Tidhar’s GOLGOTHA is out in Three Weeks!

Posted on Monday, August 18th, 2025

GOLGOTHA, the conclusion to the Maror trilogy by Lavie Tidhar, is out in three weeks! Due to be published by Apollo/Head of Zeus, on September 11th, here’s the synopsis…

Two men, decades apart, are ensnared in the deadly search for a fabled treasure in the conclusion to Lavie Tidhar’s epic and audacious Maror Trilogy.

1882, Jerusalem
The foreigner. A man with no name, twin guns at his hips, a wide-brimmed hat on his head. A European exile in the backwaters of Ottoman Palestine, The foreigner is a bounty hunter in pursuit of a thief.

1948, Haifa
Burton. A man with one name, a detective inspector in the crumpled khaki uniform of the Palestine Police Force’s CID. With just seven days before the British Mandate ends, he must find a murderer and a missing aristocrat, as order collapses around him.

Both men are outsiders in a land that is a palimpsest of ruins and loyalties, legacy of a history written in blood on a landscape that remembers everything. Both men will treat with bandits and mystics, dreamers and killers as they pursue their quarry; both will be ensnared in a lethal search for the fabled treasures of the Second Temple, long-lost amid the rise and fall of peoples, nations and empires. And both will be haunted by their dreams: burning red skies, a mountain of skulls, echoes of a vision from the dawn of humanity.

Before Jerusalem, before Jericho, there has always been Golgotha.

‘A searing portrait of history as both knife and the longing heart it seeks. Tidhar’s best.’ — Junot Díaz

‘The feel and senses of this complicated world come vividly to life, and you can almost smell the hot sand and sun-baked goats. Twists and turns abound, and the body count mounts up – as it continues to do today unfortunately in this contested place. Perhaps the treasure we seek should be the ability to co-exist together even when we are from different peoples, tribes, religions, etc., and this could be seen as one of the key themes of the novel.’ — Historical Novels Society Magazine

The first two novels in the trilogy — MAROR and ADAMA — are out now, also published by Apollo/Head of Zeus.

Lavie Tidhar’s NO ONE HEARS THE LAST SHOT Out Now in New eBook Edition!

Posted on Monday, August 11th, 2025

NO ONE HEARS THE LAST SHOT, a collection of acclaimed short fiction by Lavie Tidhar, is out now in a new eBook edition! Published by JABberwocky, here’s the synopsis…

A middle-aged hitwoman goes on the run from the Israeli mob; a boy on a South Pacific island searches for a missing cat and uncovers dark secrets; an ageing bagman has to recover a package across one violent night, no matter the cost; an informer must uncover the heist of a lifetime on the fringes of the Roman Empire, and Sherlock Holmes is faced with a confounding botanical mystery; while a pair of hapless actors are forced into a seedy mystery in Golden Age Hollywood.

Moving from the genteel English countryside to the mean streets of L.A. and from the islands of Vanuatu to the dark alleyways of Tel Aviv, this wide-ranging collection gathers together the best crime and noir stories of master storyteller Lavie Tidhar, including the CWA Dagger Award nominated “Bag Man” and much more besides.

Welcome to a world of gangsters and hired killers, of lost romantics and deadly women, of good times and lowlifes. Where it’s always the wrong part of town, and where whatever you do, there are no good choices…

Because when it comes, no one hears the last shot.

The print edition of the book is published in the UK by PS Publishing.

Here are just a few of the great reviews Tidhar’s fiction has received…

‘Lavie Tidhar lays it out like a dystopian dog!’ – James Ellroy

‘Tidhar changes genres with every outing, but his astounding talents guarantee something new and compelling no matter the story he tells.’ – Library Journal

‘Some write in ink, others in song, Tidhar writes in fire.’ – Junot Díaz

Simon R. Green’s WHICH WITCH? is Out Now!

Posted on Tuesday, August 5th, 2025

Simon R. Green‘s WHICH WITCH?, the third novel in the Holy Terrors series, is out today! Published by Severn House in North America and in the UK, here’s the synopsis…

Talented actress Diana and young bishop Alistair, her partner in crime-solving and supernatural sleuthing, face the terrifying curse of the Scottish Play in this witty, creeptastic paranormal mystery from New York Times bestselling British fantasy author Simon R. Green

Miles away from town or city, and centuries away from civilization, three witches dance around a great brass cauldron, singing songs of horror and hatred. The Crone raises her voice to ask: ‘When shall we three meet again?’ … only for the cauldron to emit a thick, poisonous smoke, sending her, and her fellow actresses, fleeing for their lives.

For the director, it’s the last straw. Macbeth is famously a cursed play, but the incident, not the first in a long line of creepy events, makes him wonder if someone – or something – is trying to sabotage the play. The show must go on! But not if the forces of darkness are determined for it not to.

Talented actress Diana Hunt, hired to give her Lady Macbeth, knows just the man to turn to for help: her partner in crime-solving, handsome young bishop Alistair Kincaid, whose help investigating a series of seemingly supernatural murders has earned them the nickname the Holy Terrors. But with evil and black magic wrapping the theatre in darkness, this investigation might cost Alistair and Diana far more than they’re expecting.

Severn House has also published the first two novels in Green’s series: THE HOLY TERRORS and STONE CERTAINTY.

Here are a just a few of the great reviews the series has received so far…

‘A sleek and appealing […] homage to vintage whodunits.’ — Kirkus Reviews on THE HOLY TERRORS

‘Perceptive and witty … Great fun’ — Booklist on THE HOLY TERRORS

‘Charming sleuths and bubbly dialogue add up to an appealing whodunit. A spirited cozy with a supernatural twist.’ — Kirkus on STONE CERTAINTY

‘The resolution to the mystery is satisfying, no matter the reader’s philosophical bent (skeptics and true believers will be equally happy). Another winner from this highly talented storyteller.’ — Booklist on STONE CERTAINTY

‘[F]ans of Green’s Ishmael Jones mysteries will appreciate the supernatural elements’ — Library Journal on STONE CERTAINTY

Zeno represents Simon R. Green on behalf of the JABberwocky Literary Agency in New York.

Andrew Cartmel’s LIKE A BULLET audiobook edition is out tomorrow!

Posted on Wednesday, July 30th, 2025

Tomorrow, W. F. Howes are due to publish the audiobook edition of LIKE A BULLET, the third novel in Andrew Cartmel‘s Paperback Sleuth series! Read by Olivia Dowd, here’s the synopsis…

When Erik Make Loud, retired rock star and a major World War Two nut, hires Cordelia, the Paperback Sleuth, to track down a series of lurid paperbacks about his favourite global conflict—the “Commando” novels by the blatantly pseudonymous Butch Raider—it seems like a routine job. But Cordelia soon discovers the final novel in the series, the incredibly rare Commando Gold, is all but impossible to track down.

The books’ creator—real name Monty Harrington, once a promising young poet and now a depraved drunk—proves easier to find. Writing pulp war stories didn’t come naturally to Monty. Until he met someone who knew all about such stuff during a pub crawl; a genuine ex-commando who, for the price of a pint or two, was willing to provide Monty with authentic anecdotes.

Too authentic, it turns out…

Because Commando Gold reveals the details of a real-life commando mission.

At the time the mission was top secret.

And all these years later, someone is quite prepared to kill to keep it so.

The Paperback Sleuth series is published in print and eBook by Titan Books (out now) — the first two novels are DEATH IN FINE CONDITION and ASHRAM ASSASSIN.

This Weekend: Ben Aaronovitch & Adam Oyebanji Panel at Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival!

Posted on Tuesday, July 15th, 2025

This Saturday, July 19th, Ben Aaronovitch and Adam Oyebanji will be appearing on a panel at Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival! The panel is ‘What Planet Are They On?’, at 3:30pm at The Old Swan Hotel. Here’s the pitch…

Not all crime writers have their feet on the ground. Some are up amongst the stars or disappearing through wardrobes into other dimensions. But no matter how far they travel, and what new worlds they conquer, some things remain the same. Like murder.

The panel also features Sarah Pinborough and Eve Smith, and is chaired by Doug Johnstone.

Ben Aaronovitch’s latest novel is STONE & SKY, the tenth novel in his internationally-bestselling and acclaimed Rivers of London series. It’s published by Gollancz/Orion in the UK and DAW Books in North America. Here’s the synopsis…

‘This isn’t London. The rules are different up here, and so are the allegiances.’

Detective Sergeant Peter Grant takes a much-needed holiday up in Scotland. And he’ll need one when this is over…

If more’s the merrier, then it’s ecstatic as his partner Beverley, their young twins, his mum, dad, his dad’s band and their dodgy manager all tag along. Even his boss, DCI Thomas Nightingale, takes in the coastal airs as he trains Peter’s cousin Abigail in the arcane arts.

And they’ll need them too, because Scotland’s Granite City has more than its fair share of history and mystery, myth … and murder.

When a body is found in a bus stop, fresh from the sea, the case smells fishy from the off.

Something may be stirring beyond the bay – but there’s something far stranger in the sky…

Adam Oyebanji’s latest novel is ESPERANCE, published by Arcadia in the UK. Here’s the synopsis…

An impossible death: Detective Ethan Krol has been called to the scene of a baffling murder: a man and his son, who appear to have been drowned in sea-water. But the nearest ocean is a thousand miles away.

An improbable story: Hollie Rogers doesn’t want to ask too many questions of her new friend, Abi Eniola. Abi claims to be an ordinary woman from Nigeria, but her high-tech gadgets and extraordinary physical abilities suggest she’s not telling the whole truth.

An incredible quest: As Ethan’s investigation begins to point towards Abi, Hollie’s fears mount. For Abi is very much not who she seems. And it won’t be long before Ethan and Hollie find themselves playing a part in a story that spans cultures, continents . . . and centuries.

An extraordinary speculative thriller about the scars left by the Atlantic slave-trade, by a master of the genre.

Zeno represents Adam Oyebanji in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of the JABberwocky Literary Agency in New York.

Ben Aaronovitch’s DIE MEERJUNGFRAUEN VON ABERDEEN is out now!

Posted on Thursday, July 10th, 2025

DIE MEERJUNGFRAUEN VON ABERDEEN, the German translation of Ben Aaronovitch‘s 10th highly-anticipated Rivers of London novel, STONE & SKY, is out now! Published by DTV, it was translated by Christine Blum. Here’s the synopsis…

Eigentlich wollte Peter nur Urlaub in Schottland machen – besser gesagt: Beverley wollte das. Aber dank eines Schafs mit ungeklärter Todesursache landet wenig später ein Großteil der Londoner Magiepolizei sowie Peters Familie mit erweitertem Anhang (nicht zuletzt Cousine Abigail) im schönen Aberdeenshire. Und spätestens als die Obduktion einer männlichen Leiche sehr ungewöhnliche Ergebnisse liefert, ist es mit dem beschaulichen Badeurlaub an der schottischen Küste vorbei.

»Sei bloß vorsichtig«, sagte ich. »Hier in Schottland kann ich nichts für dich tun. Wenn du Probleme kriegst, bist du auf dich allein gestellt.« Und weil das Universum Ironie über alles liebt, kam in genau diesem Augenblick der Anruf von Abdul.

Es stellt sich heraus: Nicht nur in den Tiefen der See leben unbekannte Wesen, auch am Himmel ist magisch einiges los. Trotzdem hält keineswegs nur der spektakuläre Fall Peter auf Trab – die zweijährigen Zwillinge sind schwerer zu hüten als eine außer Kontrolle geratene Herde Schafe…

DTV has published all of Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London novels and novellas in Germany. The audiobook edition of DIE MEERJUNGFRAUEN VON ABERDEEN is also out today, published by Hörbuch Hamburg, and read by Dietmar Wunder and Sarah Dorsel.

STONE & SKY is due to be published by Gollancz/Orion in the UK (July 3rd) and DAW Books in North America (July 8th). Here’s the English-language synopsis…

‘This isn’t London. The rules are different up here, and so are the allegiances.’

Detective Sergeant Peter Grant takes a much-needed holiday up in Scotland. And he’ll need one when this is over…

If more’s the merrier, then it’s ecstatic as his partner Beverley, their young twins, his mum, dad, his dad’s band and their dodgy manager all tag along. Even his boss, DCI Thomas Nightingale, takes in the coastal airs as he trains Peter’s cousin Abigail in the arcane arts.

And they’ll need them too, because Scotland’s Granite City has more than its fair share of history and mystery, myth … and murder.

When a body is found in a bus stop, fresh from the sea, the case smells fishy from the off.

Something may be stirring beyond the bay — but there’s something far stranger in the sky…

Andrew Cartmel’s LIKE A BULLET is Out Now!

Posted on Tuesday, July 8th, 2025

The third novel in the acclaimed Paperback Sleuth series by Andrew Cartmel, LIKE A BULLET is out today! Published by Titan Books, here’s the synopsis…

When Erik Make Loud, retired rock star and a major World War Two nut, hires Cordelia, the Paperback Sleuth, to track down a series of lurid paperbacks about his favourite global conflict — the “Commando” novels by the blatantly pseudonymous Butch Raider — it seems like a routine job. But Cordelia soon discovers the final novel in the series, the incredibly rare Commando Gold, is all but impossible to track down.

The books’ creator — real name Monty Harrington, once a promising young poet and now a depraved drunk — proves easier to find. Writing pulp war stories didn’t come naturally to Monty. Until he met someone who knew all about such stuff during a pub crawl; a genuine ex-commando who, for the price of a pint or two, was willing to provide Monty with authentic anecdotes.

Too authentic, it turns out…

Because Commando Gold reveals the details of a real-life commando mission.

At the time the mission was top secret.

And all these years later, someone is quite prepared to kill to keep it so.

The first two books in the series — DEATH IN FINE CONDITION and ASHRAM ASSASSIN — are also published by Titan Books, and available in paperback and eBook; the novels are also available as audiobooks, published by W. F. Howes and read by Olivia Dowd. Titan also publishes Andrew’s Vinyl Detective series.

Ben Aaronovitch’s STONE & SKY out tomorrow in North America!

Posted on Monday, July 7th, 2025

Calling all North American fans of the Rivers of London series: the highly-anticipated STONE & SKY, Ben Aaronovitch‘s tenth novel in the series, is out today!

Published by DAW Books, here’s the synopsis…

“This isn’t London. The rules are different up here…”

All Detective Sergeant Peter Grant wanted was a nice holiday up in Scotland.
He’ll need one once this is over…

Sea: check.
Sand: some.
Sun: sort of — but that’s not the only thing in the sky…

The novel is available in hardcover, eBook, and as an audiobook — the latter read once again by the ever-excellent Kobna Holdbrook-Smith and Shvorne Marks!

The novel is also published by Gollancz/Orion in the UK; and will be available later this week (July 10th) by DTV in Germany.

Ben Aaronovitch’s STONE & SKY is Out Now!

Posted on Thursday, July 3rd, 2025

The wait is finally over! STONE & SKY, Ben Aaronovitch‘s highly-anticipated, tenth Rivers of London novel is out today in the UK! Published by Gollancz/Orion, here’s the synopsis…

‘This isn’t London. The rules are different up here, and so are the allegiances.’

Detective Sergeant Peter Grant takes a much-needed holiday up in Scotland. And he’ll need one when this is over…

If more’s the merrier, then it’s ecstatic as his partner Beverley, their young twins, his mum, dad, his dad’s band and their dodgy manager all tag along. Even his boss, DCI Thomas Nightingale, takes in the coastal airs as he trains Peter’s cousin Abigail in the arcane arts.

And they’ll need them too, because Scotland’s Granite City has more than its fair share of history and mystery, myth… and murder.

When a body is found in a bus stop, fresh from the sea, the case smells fishy from the off.

Something may be stirring beyond the bay – but there’s something far stranger in the sky…

The novel is available in hardcover, eBook, and as an audiobook — the latter read once again by the ever-excellent Kobna Holdbrook-Smith and Shvorne Marks! Next week (July 8th), the novel is due to be published by DAW Books in North America, and DTV in Germany.

As a reminder, Ben is also currently on book tour in the UK to celebrate the release of STONE & SKY!

Ben Aaronovitch’s DIE MEERJUNGFRAUEN VON ABERDEEN is out in Three Weeks!

Posted on Monday, June 16th, 2025

STONE & SKY, the highly-anticipated tenth novel in Ben Aaronovitch‘s Rivers of London series, is due out next month! In addition to the UK and North American edition, DTV will be publishing the novel in Germany! DIE MEERJUNGFRAUEN VON ABERDEEN, translated by Christine Blum, will be available from July 10th. Here’s the synopsis…

Eigentlich wollte Peter nur Urlaub in Schottland machen – besser gesagt: Beverley wollte das. Aber dank eines Schafs mit ungeklärter Todesursache landet wenig später ein Großteil der Londoner Magiepolizei sowie Peters Familie mit erweitertem Anhang (nicht zuletzt Cousine Abigail) im schönen Aberdeenshire. Und spätestens als die Obduktion einer männlichen Leiche sehr ungewöhnliche Ergebnisse liefert, ist es mit dem beschaulichen Badeurlaub an der schottischen Küste vorbei.

»Sei bloß vorsichtig«, sagte ich. »Hier in Schottland kann ich nichts für dich tun. Wenn du Probleme kriegst, bist du auf dich allein gestellt.« Und weil das Universum Ironie über alles liebt, kam in genau diesem Augenblick der Anruf von Abdul.

Es stellt sich heraus: Nicht nur in den Tiefen der See leben unbekannte Wesen, auch am Himmel ist magisch einiges los. Trotzdem hält keineswegs nur der spektakuläre Fall Peter auf Trab – die zweijährigen Zwillinge sind schwerer zu hüten als eine außer Kontrolle geratene Herde Schafe…

STONE & SKY is due to be published by Gollancz/Orion in the UK (July 3rd) and DAW Books in North America (July 8th). Here’s the English-language synopsis…

‘This isn’t London. The rules are different up here, and so are the allegiances.’

Detective Sergeant Peter Grant takes a much-needed holiday up in Scotland. And he’ll need one when this is over…

If more’s the merrier, then it’s ecstatic as his partner Beverley, their young twins, his mum, dad, his dad’s band and their dodgy manager all tag along. Even his boss, DCI Thomas Nightingale, takes in the coastal airs as he trains Peter’s cousin Abigail in the arcane arts.

And they’ll need them too, because Scotland’s Granite City has more than its fair share of history and mystery, myth … and murder.

When a body is found in a bus stop, fresh from the sea, the case smells fishy from the off.

Something may be stirring beyond the bay — but there’s something far stranger in the sky…

Andrew Cartmel’s LIKE A BULLET Out in Four Weeks!

Posted on Tuesday, June 10th, 2025

LIKE A BULLET, the third novel in the acclaimed Paperback Sleuth series by Andrew Cartmel, is out in four weeks! Due to be published by Titan Books on July 8th, here’s the synopsis…

When Erik Make Loud, retired rock star and a major World War Two nut, hires Cordelia, the Paperback Sleuth, to track down a series of lurid paperbacks about his favourite global conflict — the “Commando” novels by the blatantly pseudonymous Butch Raider — it seems like a routine job. But Cordelia soon discovers the final novel in the series, the incredibly rare Commando Gold, is all but impossible to track down.

The books’ creator — real name Monty Harrington, once a promising young poet and now a depraved drunk — proves easier to find. Writing pulp war stories didn’t come naturally to Monty. Until he met someone who knew all about such stuff during a pub crawl; a genuine ex-commando who, for the price of a pint or two, was willing to provide Monty with authentic anecdotes.

Too authentic, it turns out…

Because Commando Gold reveals the details of a real-life commando mission.

At the time the mission was top secret.

And all these years later, someone is quite prepared to kill to keep it so.

The first two books in the series — DEATH IN FINE CONDITION and ASHRAM ASSASSIN — are also published by Titan Books, and available in paperback and eBook; the novels are also available as audiobooks, published by W. F. Howes and read by Olivia Dowd. Titan also publishes Andrew’s Vinyl Detective series.

Papberback Edition of Lavie Tidhar’s SIX LIVES is Out Tomorrow!

Posted on Wednesday, June 4th, 2025

The new UK paperback edition of Lavie Tidhar‘s acclaimed SIX LIVES is out tomorrow! To be published by Apollo/Head of Zeus, here’s the synopsis…

SIX LIVES
Six lives, connected through blood and history, each rooted in the dirt of their inheritance, look to the future, and what it might hold.

THE GUANO MERCHANT
In 1855, Edward Feebes travels to the guano islands of South America to investigate an irregularity in the accounts of the House of Feebes & Co.

MOMENTO MORI
In 1912, post-mortem photographer and reluctant blackmailer Annie Connolly plots her escape from Ireland to America on board the Titanic.

THE COUNTRY HOUSE MURDER
In 1933, idealistic Edgar Waverley faces a choice of the heart when he becomes embroiled in a country house murder.

THE SPY
In 1964, hapless KGB agent Vasily Sokolov makes his career conjuring valuable information from worthless detritus.

ZABBALEEN
in 1987, actor Mariam Khouri looks back at Black Dirt, the movie that lifted her from the streets of Cairo.

NEW YORK
In 2012, Isabelle Feebes attempts to break with her poisonous heritage once and for al. Can she forge a new life for herself in the New World? Can you ever truly escape your past?

Here are just a few of the great reviews the novel has received so far…

‘Lavie Tidhar’s SIX LIVES is a magnificent matryoshka of a novel. Presenting six stories about fascinating individuals who are bound by blood and a shared desire to be free from the ties of birth, Tidhar’s writing is alchemical, smouldering with his characters’ passions, ambitions and frustrations as it shifts genres, from murder mystery to spy thriller, and more… Spellbinding and smart, measured and fierily evocative, SIX LIVES is an immensely satisfying achievement.’ — LoveReading

‘I was blown away… Despite covering subjects as diverse as the Victorian guano trade, the KGB’s Cairo operations, post-mortem photography and an Agatha Christie-esque English country house murder, Tidhar manages to brilliantly realise each one.’ — Jewish Chronicle

‘The work is a tour de force, showcasing the author’s versatility in entering the heads of such disparate characters in such disparate settings in time and place. Each story is beautifully crafted, sometimes light-heated, often tragic. If there is a theme, it is the precariousness of human life and the vanity of human wishes; poverty is bad but wealth seldom brings happiness.’ — Historical Novel Society