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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a debut thriller set in west London in 1952, with publishing director Nick Sayers snapping up the title, Breathe, on the basis of a partial typescript and outline from Jim Gill at United Agents.
Sayers bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, in the novel by Dominick Donald, with plans to publish in 2014. It follows west countryman Richard Bourton, a former soldier, who is now a probationary police constable in west London.
Sayers compared the book to Gorky Park, Hangover Square and Enigma and praised its "wonderful period atmosphere and intense sense of location".