Pan Macmillan to posthumously publish rediscovered Lucinda Riley novel

Pan Macmillan is set to publish The Last Love Song by the late Lucinda Riley. Riley passed away in 2021, aged 55, after a four year battle with cancer and before the completion of her Seven Sisters series. 

Originally written under the pseudonym Lucinda Edmonds in 1996, The Last Love Song has since been rediscovered and reworked by her son Harry Whittaker. Whittaker also reworked Riley’s Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt (the last of the Seven Sisters series) and The Hidden Girl after the late author’s death. 

Lucy Hale, managing director at Pan Macmillan, acquired world English rights from Stephen Riley, Lucinda’s husband and agent, at Lucinda Riley Ltd.

The Last Love Song follows Sorcha and Con, a young Irish couple who travel to the glamour of 1960s London to bolster Con’s career in the music industry. When Con strikes gold with rock-band The Fishermen in London, he and Sorcha look set for a rosy future. But their lives change beyond recognition as the dark side of fame rears its head and devastating secrets from the past threaten to destroy everything.

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