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Seven Dials signs memoir from Princess Diana's bodyguard Sansum

Seven Dials has scooped the "explosive" memoir from Lee Sansum, the bodyguard who protected Hollywood royalty and Princess Diana, to be written with Howard Linskey. ... Read more

Bookouture bags two from Voss

Bookouture has acquired two "contemporary emotional women’s fiction" novels from Louise Voss. Read more

Marshall's 'gripping' bioweapon thriller to Canelo in two-book deal

Craig Lye, commissioning editor at Canelo, has bought two thrillers by D L Marshall from Philip Patterson at Marjacq Scripts. Read more

Black & White land fifth from Wright

Black & White Publishing has acquired A Traitor to His Blood, the fifth instalment of M P Wright's J T Ellington series. ... Read more

Agents' trade strong but publishers demand more

Advances for psychological thrillers 'plateau' as agents fear market is becoming more crowded. Read more

Diana Beaumont leaves UTA as it winds down UK literary operation

Literary agent Diana Beaumont is leaving the United Talent Agency (UTA) to join Marjacq Scripts Ltd, bringing her clients with her.... Read more

Tom Wood signs up for two more novels with Sphere

Sphere is publishing two new novels from Tom Wood, author of the Victor series about a morally ambiguous antihero hitman. Read more

Black & White acquires two psychological thrillers

Black & White Publishing has acquired two psychological thrillers set in a "claustrophobic, close-knit community full of secrets and lies" by crime author SJI Holliday.... Read more

Avon signs cozy crime from Bennet

Avon has signed up the first in a series of cozy crime mysteries featuring Monty, a crime solving dog and his adopted owner Asha Sidebottom.... Read more

More FitzGerald for Faber

Faber has acquired a new psychological thriller from Helen FitzGerald. Viral follows twins Leah and Su, opposite personalities who travel together on a post-exams holiday... Read more

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