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FI CT I ON MARCH 2018

The Girl in the Woods C AM I L L A L AC K B E RG

9781460752111 | AU $29.99 NZ $35.00 Trade Paperback | 352pp | Released: 19/02/18 The Rules of Backyard Croquet S U NN I OV E R E N D All’s fair in love and couture ... The stylish new novel from the author of The Dangers of Truffle Hunting .

9780007518388AU $29.99 NZ $35.00 Trade Paperback | 600pp | Released: 19/02/18

Number 1 international bestseller and Swedish crime sensation

Camilla Lackberg’s new psychological thriller

A missing child

Disgraced fashion prodigy Apple March has gone into hiding, concealing herself within the cashmere and silk folds of a formerly grand fashion boutique. But when her sister, Poppy, needs a wedding dress, old passions are reignited — along with threats from her past. From the cool heart of Melbourne, to Paris and New York, in an effervescent world of croquet, Campari and cocoon coats, can Apple become the woman she was born to be?

When a four-year-old girl disappears in the woods just outside Fjällbacka, the community is horror-struck. Thirty years ago, a young girl went missing from the exact same spot and was later discovered murdered.

A murder

Back then, two teenage girls were found guilty of the killing. Could it really be a coincidence that one of the girls — now a world-famous actress — has just returned to Fjällbacka? Detective Patrik Hedström starts investigating with his wife, bestselling crime writer Erica Falck, by his side.

Praise for The Dangers of Truffle Hunting :

‘It’s Overend’s way with words that had us picking the book and giving it prime position as our #1 read’ Vogue Australia

A community torn apart

‘Exotic and exciting ... well developed characters ... richly detailed ... enjoyable summer read ... just divine!’ Books + Publishing

The deeper they dig, the murkier the truth becomes, because it seems that everyone in the tight-knit community is hiding something. And soon, the residents must confront the fact that they could be harbouring a murderer in their midst...

Melbourne, Vic

Publicity Contact: alice.wood@harpercollins.com.au

Publicity Contact: kimberley.allsopp@harpercollins.com.au

Scales of Empire K Y L I E C H A N

9780008263027 | AU $22.99 NZ $25.00 Paperback | 176pp | Released: 19/02/18 The Bookshop Film Tie-In P E N E LO P E F I T ZG E R A L D

9781460753255 | AU $29.99 NZ $35.00 Trade Paperback | 400pp | Released: 19/02/18 An exciting space adventure filled with diverse characters, strong heroes and heroines, and wild creatures, from the bestselling author of White Tiger . For all fans of Firefly , Killjoys and Star Wars .

*cover to be revealed

Now a motion picture starring Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson and Bill Nighy, due for release in early 2018.

Corporal Jian Choumali is on the mission of a lifetime — security officer on one of Earth’s huge generation ships, fleeing Earth’s failing ecosystem to colonise a distant planet. The ship encounters a technologically and culturally advanced alien empire, led by a royal family of dragons. The empire’s dragon emissary offers her aid to the people of Earth, bringing greater health, longer life and faster-than-light travel to nearby stars. But what price will the people of Earth have to pay for the generous alien assistance? Kylie Chan brings together pacey, compelling storytelling and an all-too-possible imagined future in a tale packed with action, adventure, drama and suspense.

In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.

Hardborough becomes a battleground. Florence has tried to change the way things have always been done and, as a result, she has to take on not only the people who have made themselves important, but natural and even supernatural forces too. Her fate will strike a chord with anyone who knows that life has treated them with less than justice. Penelope Fitzgerald was one of the most elegant and distinctive voices in British fiction. Three of her novels, The Bookshop , The Beginning of Spring and The Gate of Angels , were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She won the Prize in 1979 for Offshore .

Brisbane, Qld

Publicity Contact: nicola.woods@harpercollins.com.au

Publicity Contact: sarah.barrett@harpercollins.com.au

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