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SPRING HIGHLIGHTS
2021
MICHAEL JOSEPH
TRANSWORLD
VINTAGE
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE UK RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
Michael Joseph | Transworld | Vintage
Chantal Noel, Group Rights Director
Email: CNoel@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk
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USA & Canada | Michael Joseph & Vintage
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CONTENTS MICHAEL JOSEPH TRANSWORLD VINTAGE Please click on each division to go directly to that section. Cover illustration © Alicia Fernandes
Michael Joseph specialises in women’s fiction, crime, thrillers, cookery, memoirs and lifestyle books. Many of its authors are now, or soon will be, household names in the UK and around the world. GENERAL FICTION Michael Joseph specialises in women’s fiction, publishing established brands like Marian Keyes, Jojo Moyes, Liane Moriarty, Conn Iggulden and Fredrik Backman as well as signing and launching debut novelists. Other authors include Dawn French, Sylvia Day, Giovanna Fletcher, Stephen Fry and Lesley Pearse. CRIME FICTION Michael Joseph publishes crime fiction by authors at home on the bestseller lists, whether they’re up-and- coming or established in the genre, including M.J. Arlidge, Tim Weaver, Tom Clancy and Clive Cussler. NON-FICTION MEMOIR Either the secrets behind the success of the already famous, or a story that no-one has heard before, the authors writing memoirs include Sue Perkins, Tom Jones, Stephen Fry, Jeremy Clarkson, Michael McIntyre, and Steven Gerrard. COOKERY Whether it is the country’s bestselling cookery writer – Jamie Oliver – or a debut from the brightest and freshest young chefs, Michael Joseph’s list covers everything from gourmet baking to healthy eating, to catering for events or how to eat well on a budget. As well as Jamie Oliver, authors include Rachel Khoo, Nadiya Hussain and Chrissy Teigen. NON-FICTION LIFESTYLE Health and wellbeing is a core specialist area for Michael Joseph, and from exercise and style advice to mindfulness and well-being, its range of publishing is extensive. Key authors include Lucy Mecklenburg, Chloe Brotheridge and Tanya Burr.
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MICHAEL JOSEPH
MICHAEL JOSEPH COMMERCIAL FICTION
BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE
Emily Bell
Ten years ago Norah and Andrew promised to meet on
Christmas Eve if they're still single. Now the time has
come, but will Andrew be waiting there for her?
After another year of heartbreak, Norah's excited about
Christmas until her mother says she's going out of town. To
make up for it, she gifts Norah her air miles. But Norah doesn't
want to spend Christmas alone.
Then she remembers Andrew, who she fell for ten years earlier.
Fate pulled them apart, but not before they made a promise: If
they're both single on Christmas Eve 2019, they'll meet under
the clock on Grafton Street, Dublin.
So Norah decides to go to Dublin. And, hopefully, to Andrew.
But will he be there? Or will she be lonely (again) this Christmas?
Emily Bell grew up in Dublin and moved to London after university. She has had various jobs
including tour guide, bookseller and pub singer, and now writes full time. She lives in north
London with her husband and daughter.
14 October 2021 | Rebecca Hilsdon for Michael Joseph | 400 pp
MICHAEL JOSEPH CRIME & THRILLER
THE INSIDER
Matthew Richardson
A thrilling new novel of espionage from one of the most
exciting new names in British spy fiction.
When retired spy Solomon Vine is sent off-books to investigate
the murder of a Russian media tycoon and double agent, he
soon discovers an explosive secret.
A mole has infiltrated the highest levels of British security. They
will stop at nothing to keep their identity hidden.
And the only four suspects are the most important and powerful
figures in Whitehall.
Working in total secrecy at the heart of Westminster, Solomon Vine must unravel the mystery
– or the fate of Britain itself hangs in the balance…
Combining the enthralling atmospheric writing of writers like Mick Herron and Jason Matthews,
with the heart-stopping suspense of James Swallow’s Nomad, The Insider is a thrilling novel
combining major writing talent with an insider's knowledge of the corridors of power.
Matthew Richardson studied English at Durham University and Merton College, Oxford. After
a brief spell as a freelance journalist, he began working as a researcher and speechwriter in
Westminster, and has also written speeches for senior figures in the private sector. His first
book, My Name is Nobody was published in 2017.
25 November 2021 | Rowland White for Michael Joseph | 320pp
Rights sold: Czech (Euromedia)MICHAEL JOSEPH COMMERCIAL FICTION
THE GREAT STORK DERBY
Caroline Lea
When Charles Millar dies childless in 1926, he bequeaths
his fortune to the woman able to bear the most children
over the next ten years. What follows is one of the most
controversial contests in history, the Great Stork Derby.
Lily di Marco is young, pregnant and married to a man prone
to violence. When her husband dies in a suspicious accident in
a small town on the Canadian border, she flees to the safety of
Toronto. Lily and her young son disappear into a faceless
crowd.
Then she crosses paths with Mae Thebault, a glamorous
young woman who has escaped a past of poverty and abuse
herself. Mae promises to take Lily in, offering her friendship and a home. They quickly grow
close. But is there more to Mae than meets the eye?
As Lily settles into her new life, the great depression hits and an entire country is plunged into
poverty. Mae is forced to let Lily go. Both women struggle to feed their families and find work.
Soon rumours swirl of a great fortune to be won. Mae and Lily are quickly pitted against one
another, as with the birth of each new child both women move closer to winning the
competition.
Ten years to have as many children as possible, and time is running out. To what lengthswill
Lily go to protect her growing family? And what choice will Mae make, when the only way to
escape ruin is to destroy the woman she secretly loves?
Watch the author and editor in conversation here.
Caroline Lea grew up on the island of Jersey and gained a First from Warwick University. Her
fiction and poetry have been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize. Her debut novel, The Glass
Woman, a gothic thriller set during the Icelandic witch trials, was shortlisted for the HWA Debut
Crown Award.
17 March 2022 | Jillian Taylor for Michael Joseph | 400 ppMICHAEL JOSEPH COMMERCIAL FICTION
THE CONFESSION
Hilary Boyd
She thought she found the man of her dreams. Then came
the confession…
Sara Tempest has been alone since her husband died and
daughters left home. So when she meets the charming
Bernard she believes the years of heartache and loneliness are
finally behind her.
She quickly moves into his beautiful home on the wind battered
cliffs of Hastings. But, after a while, she begins to wonder if
Bernard is all he seems.
He's barely in touch with his children and with stifling reminders
of his wife everywhere Sara looks, the walls begin to close in.
Then comes Bernard's confession and Sara's newfound happiness starts to crumble around
her…
Hilary Boyd was a nurse, marriage counsellor and ran a small cancer charity before becoming
an author. She has written eight books, including Thursdays in the Park, her debut novel which
sold over half a million copies and was an international bestseller, with film rights acquiredby
Charles Dance, who will be directing and starring.
14 April 2022 | Rebecca Hilsdon for Michael Joseph | 400 ppMICHAEL JOSEPH IDEAS
THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
Arie Kruglanski
The need for closure has shaped history and can even
determine your future. In this timely book, Arie Kruglanski,
the world’s leading expert on the psychology of
uncertainty, explains how understanding this is key to
transforming our lives.
How much do we rely upon certainty? How does the way we
deal with uncertainty impact our future and our lives?
Uncertainty is one of the defining issues of our time. Certainty
has a habit of slipping away, further into our futures and we
now have to deal with the uncertainties of our present, every
day. The stability we once had is disappearing, and fast. Vast
changes in society are shifting our realities: the unfolding climate crisis, an earth-shaking
global pandemic, changing attitudes and approaches to employment, and an increase in
freelance and temporary work all undermine people's ability to plan for the future. While at the
same time there is ever decreasing trust in what was once hallowed: the government, the
media, education, religion, medicine. Instead, we use the internet which provides us with a
wave of conflicting advice.
When we can no longer make sense of the world together, insecurity takes over. Wedevelop
anxiety and confusion about our purpose, and in searching for certainty, find it in autocratic
leaders and populism. Democracy begins to fade as our uncertainty grows.
In this groundbreaking book, Arie Kruglanski teaches how if we are more aware of our need
for certainty, and understand why we behave instinctively in the way that we do, we can better
understand how to deal with stress and pressure. And how with training all of us can develop
a higher tolerance for uncertainty. We can start to make decisions that aren't informed by
anxiety, calm our constant need for closure, and embrace a less inhibited future.
Watch the author pitch this title here.
Arie Kruglanski is an award-winning Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park,
recognised as a worldwide leading expert and authority on human motivation, human
judgement and decision making. His work has been published in over 400 articles, chapters
and books and his work has appeared in major psychological journals as well as in The
Guardian, Huffington Post, National Interest, Conversation and The Washington Post.
April 2022 | Daniel Bunyard for Michael Joseph | 320 ppMICHAEL JOSEPH HISTORY
SHACKLETON
Ranulph Fiennes
The enthralling new biography of Ernest Shackleton by the
world's greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes.
In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the
Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endurance, became
trapped in ice. The disaster left Shackleton and his men alone
at the frozen South Pole, fighting for their lives.
Their survival and escape is the most famous adventure in
history.
Shackleton is an engaging new account of the adventurer, his
life and his incredible leadership under the most extreme of
circumstances. Written by polar adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes who followed in Shackleton's
footsteps, he brings his own unique insights to bear on these infamous expeditions.
Shackleton is both re-appraisal and a valediction, separating the man from the myth he has
become.
Ranulph Fiennes is the only man alive ever to have travelled around the Earth's circumpolar
surface (more people have been on the Moon!). His record-breaking expeditions include travel
by riverboat, hovercraft, man-haul sledge, skidoo, Land Rover and skis. He is also the
bestselling author of titles such as Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Mad, Bad and Dangerous to
Know, and the biography Captain Scott.
16 September 2021 | Rowland White for Michael Joseph | 448 ppMICHAEL JOSEPH SCIENCE & MEDICAL MEMOIR
THE SEVEN AGES OF DEATH:
A FORENSIC JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE
Dr Richard Shepherd
Forensic pathologist and bestselling author of Unnatural
Causes, Dr Richard Shepherd, brings his unparalleled
honesty and insight to a new book about life and death.
This book is about death, but in it I will take readers on a journey
through life...
How can death tell us about life? Conducting many thousands
of post-mortems has given Dr Richard Shepherd the
opportunity to examine bodies of every age. From old to young,
and from murder, to accident, to natural illness, each body has
taught him something: about human development, about life's
risks, about its owner's life story, about homicide and even about himself.
In The Seven Ages of Death, Shepherd helps readers to recognise death as part of an
immense, natural life cycle which is common to all living things - an ending as much a part of
us as our beginning.
Richard Shepherd trained as a doctor at St George's Hospital medical school at Hyde Park
Corner, qualifying in 1977 and then completed his postgraduate training as a forensic
pathologist in 1987. He immediately joined what was then the elite forensic department at
Guy's Hospital. He has been involved nationally and internationally in the forensic investigation
of thousands of deaths from unnatural causes, from headline-making murders to mass natural
disasters, and many sudden and unexplained deaths that his investigations showed were from
natural causes or due to accidents. His skills and expertise still remain in demand around the
world. His first book, Unnatural Causes, has sold in 19 languages.
02 September 2021 | Rowland White for Michael Joseph | 400 pp
Rights sold: Chinese Simplified (Yilin Press), Korean (Gimm-Young Publishers), Russian (Eksmo)MICHAEL JOSEPH BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
MALA'S CAT
Mala Kacenberg
A moving Holocaust memoir about the unlikely friendship
between a young Jewish girl and a stray cat and their
survival against the odds.
Alone in a forest with only a cat for company, this is the deeply
moving true story of one little girl's remarkable survival in the
shadow of the Holocaust.
Twelve-year-old Mala Szorer has no choice but to give up her
childhood. In return she stands a chance of survival and so, she
decides to walk tall, towards freedom, towards life.
Growing up in the Polish village of Tarnogrod on the fringes of a
deep pine forest, gives Mala the happiest childhood she could have hoped for. But, as the
German invasion begins, her beloved village becomes a ghetto and her family and friends
reduced to starvation. She takes matters into her own hands, and bravely removes her yellow
star, risking sneaking out to the surrounding villages to barter for food.
It is on her way back that she sees her loved ones rounded up for deportation, and receives a
smuggled letter from her sister warning her to stay away. With only her cat, Malach, and the
strength of the stories taught by her family, she walks away from everything she holds dear.
Malach becomes her family, her only respite from painful loneliness, a guide and reminder to
stay hopeful even when faced with unfathomable darkness. With her guardian angel by her
side, Mala finds a way to navigate the dangerous forests, outwit German soldiers and hostile
villagers, and survive, against all odds.
Watch the editor, Ariel Pakier, discuss this title here.
Mala Kacenberg (née Szorer) was born in Tarnogrod, Poland in 1927. As World War II broke
out, Mala found herself having to fend for herself at the tender age of 12, eventually escaping
the ghetto and surviving in the forest, witnessing the horrors unfold in front of her. Surviving
by her wits, courage and the help of a guardian angel (her cat Malach), she was the sole
survivor of her family. Mala immigrated to London with other Jewish refugees after the war,
where she raised a large beautiful family, living long enough to be blessed with many
grandchildren.
2 January 2022 | Ariel Pakier for Michael Joseph | 288 ppMICHAEL JOSEPH BIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIR
TRAIN LORD
Oliver Mol
From a blazing new voice, an achingly witty, lyrical and
heartbreaking memoir about a 10-month migraine, a
recovery in Australia, and a job on the railway when there
were no other options
The first day of train school our teacher asked us what we would
do if we were on the train, and we had to go to the toilet, and
we’d already had our break. For a while, no one spoke. I didn’t
know what to say. I didn’t want to talk about the migraine or how
I’d failed as a writer. I didn’t want to talk about pain. So I said
my name was Oliver and that I loved to cook.
What happens when a writer can no longer write? What happens when pain is so intense that
you question who you are and whether you can bare it any longer?
Oliver Mol was a successful, clever, healthy twenty-five-year old. Then one day the migraine
started. For ten months, the pain was constant, exacerbated by writing, reading, using
computers, looking at phones or anything with a screen. Slowly he became a writer who no
longer wrote, and a person who could no longer could communicate with the modern world.
In literature, and life, Oliver began to disappear.
This is Oliver’s story of his frightening descent into living with perpetual pain. His doctors can’t
figure out how to fix him. Oliver suffers a breakdown. One evening, high on painkillers, he
Googles the only thing he can think of: ‘full-time job, no experience, Sydney’. An ad for a train
guard appears. For two years, Oliver will watch others live their lives, observing the minutia
and intimacy of strangers brought together briefly and connected by the steady march of time.
Exquisitely written and bravely told, Train Lord is a searingly personal yet universal book,
which asks what happens when your sense of self is suddenly destroyed and how you get it
back.
Oliver Mol is the author of the critically acclaimed Lion Attack! He was the inaugural winner
of the Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers as well as the recipient of an Australian
Council Grant. In 2020, the stage show of Train Lord proved a runaway success during the
Sydney Fringe Season. Oliver grew up dividing his time between Texas and Brisbane and now
lives in Sydney.
31 March 2022 | Jillian Taylor for Michael Joseph | 272 ppMICHAEL JOSEPH BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
BREAKING POINTS
Dr Duncan Harding
The harrowing and moving memoir of forensic
psychiatrist Dr Duncan Harding.
Duncan Harding's job is to understand criminals. His is a life
spent with serial killers, psychopaths, violent children - in the
prison service, the Old Bailey and at Broadmoor psychiatric
hospital, he reckons daily with humankind's unimaginable
capacity for cruelty.
Yet the humanity he discovers is perhaps the most shocking.
The people Harding meets tell chilling stories of modern
Britain, and the paths they were led down towards the most
horrific of acts.
In his attempts to make sense of crimes, Harding confronts agonizing questions. When to call
for justice, argue for mercy, break confidentiality - when to look closer, to believe, to forgive.
Breaking Points reveals the hard decisions we all must make when we come face to face with
the unspeakable.
Duncan Harding is a consultant forensic child psychiatrist, working with young people who
commit serious crime. He is the clinical lead for child forensic community services across
South London, and has a research interest in conduct disorder and criminal psychopathy.
03 February 2022 | Rowland White for Michael Joseph | 400 ppMICHAEL JOSEPH BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
AQUANAUT: A LIFE BENEATH THE
SURFACE
Rick Stanton
The enthralling autobiography of cave-diver Rick Stanton,
who played a leading role in the Thai cave rescue in 2018
Why were the Wild Boars in Tham Luang in the first place? I
know, because I share their passion: to explore the wild, secret
places of the world, and to revel in adventure.
When Rick Stanton searched through mud and floodwater in
the Tham Luang caves in 2018, finding the twelve missing boys
and their football coach alive was more than anyone dared
hope. In a rescue mission that held the entire world in its thrall,
Rick and his team successfully brought all thirteen to safety.
A former firefighter and cave-diver since his college years, Rick has never shied from danger,
exploring where few dare venture and rescuing people from unimaginable peril. Aquanaut
reveals what it takes to become capable of such extraordinary acts of bravery and skill in the
most hostile, remote environments on earth. What it's like to explore the world that exists
beneath our feet.
And how it feels, when a person is trapped miles underground, cut off from food, air and
contact with the outside, to know that you are one of the few people in the world with the skills
to bring them to safety.
A big-budget movie of the cave rescue, Thirteen Lives, is now in production, directed by Ron
Howard and scripted by one of the writers of Gladiator, with Viggo Mortensen playing Rick
Stanton and Colin Farrell playing his fellow rescuer and diving partner, John Volanthen.
Watch the editor, Rowland White, pitch this title here.
Rick Stanton MBE was the cave diver who, together with is friend John Volanthen, found the
dry chamber where twelve young soccer players and their coach had been trapped by flooding
in the Tham Luang cave in Thailand. He went on to plan and lead their rescue through almost
a mile of tunnels with no airspace, for which he and Volanthen were awarded the George
Medal by her Majesty the Queen. He was able to execute this because of his extraordinary
cave diving experience over the preceding thirty-seven years. He has explored vast newly-
discovered caves in countries including Britain, Mexico, France, Vietnam, Spain and the
United States.
08 July 2021 | Rowland White for Michael Joseph | 400ppTRANSWORLD
TRANSWORLD CRIME & THRILLER
A PARLIAMENT OF MONSTERS
Stuart MacBride
The stunning new crime novel from number one
Sunday Times bestselling author Stuart MacBride.
Investigations into a cold case uncover a network
of corruption that goes right to the top…
Introducing an original and intriguing new lead
character, A Parliament of Monsters showcases a
crime-writing master at the top of his game.
Eighteen years ago, eleven-year-old Cameron Strachan murdered a homeless man on the
streets of Oldcastle. Now Cameron has served his sentence and been released back into
the community. But he's never named his accomplice, never talked about why the two of
them committed such a terrible crime all those years ago.
Detective Sergeant Lucy McVey is sure there's more to this particular cold case, and the more
she digs, the more suspicious things seem: it looks like Cameron's accomplice isn't the only
killer out there who's never had to answer for their crimes. As Lucy's investigation leads her
towards a number of respectable, upstanding members of the community, she knows she'll
have to tread carefully. Because these people hold all the power, and Lucy has seen enough
evidence to know that going up against them will get you dead and disappeared…
Stuart MacBride is the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae and Ash
Henderson novels. He is also the author of numerous standalones, novellas, and short stories.
A Parliament of Monsters is his first book for Transworld. Stuart lives in the northeast of
Scotland.
27 January 2022 | Frankie Gray for Bantam Press | 384 ppTRANSWORLD LITERARY FICTION
DRIFT
Caryl Lewis
A hauntingly atmospheric love story about a young
Welsh woman and a Syrian refugee.
Nefyn has always been a mystery, even to her brother
Joseph with whom she lives in a small cottage above a
blustery cove. She wanders the beaches, collecting
flotsam and wrestling with the impossible lure of the sea,
but choosing to 'feel too much' over the numbness the little
white pills bring her.
A few miles up the coast is a military base, rigorously
guarded by armed soldiers and drones. Here Hamza, a
refugee with a dark past, lies incarcerated, the only
kindness he knows administered by the old doctor who visits him more regularly than he
should.
When one day Hamza is transported from the base, a violent storm hits, hurling the prison van
over the cliff edge. Miraculously, he washes up on Nefyn's beach, and she takes him into her
care. But the authorities are suspicious, and soon a man hunt begins...
Surprising and powerful, this is a love story with a difference, rooted in a time and place that
is familiar and strange, current and timeless, and enrichened with magic and mystery. It is
about lost identity, the trauma of war and the enduring power of kindness.
Watch the author and editor in conversation here.
Caryl Lewis is a multi-award-winning Welsh novelist, children’s writer, playwright and
screenwriter. Her breakthrough novel Martha, Jac a Sianco (2004) is widely regarded as a
modern classic of Welsh literature, is on the Welsh curriculum, and the film adaptation – with
a screenplay by Lewis herself – went on to win six Welsh BAFTAs and the Spirit of the Festival
Award at the 2010 Celtic Media Festival. Lewis’s other screenwriting work includes BBC/S4C
thrillers Hinterland and Hidden. Lewis is a visiting lecturer in Creative Writing at Cardiff
University, and lives with her family on a farm near Aberystwyth. Drift is her first novel in the
English langauge.
21 April 2022 | Alice Youell for Doubleday | 176 ppTRANSWORLD IDEAS
A BOOK OF SECRETS
Derren Brown
A wonderfully wise and entertaining exploration of
how we best live and grow from the bestselling author
of Happy.
Perhaps being happy is not the answer after all.
Moving on from the Stoics whose ideas informed his last
book, the ever-thoughtful Derren Brown continues his
pursuit of what brings meaning to life and how best to
muddle through it with reference to some of the world's
great philosophers.
Beginning with the ideas of Carl Jung and the notion that
whatever we might try to hide and bury in our past will always come back to bite us, he has to
wonder if the Greeks were right - unless we tend to all aspects of our lives and who we are,
the snubbed secreted aspects of ourselves will wreak revenge. Rather than avoid disturbance
perhaps it is essential for a healthy life. Perhaps we need to accept and experience complexity.
Is anxiety in fact a pointer for growth? Is a good place only good because it sits between the
twin pulls of wild happiness and distress? And what is the secret that lies in this good place?
Derren Brown began his television career in 2000 with a series of specials called Mind
Control. Since redefining the genre of magic for intelligent, modern audiences, he has become
synonymous with the art of psychological manipulation. His TV shows have become must-see
events. Amongst a varied and notorious career, Derren has played Russian Roulette on live
television, convinced middle-managers to commit an armed robbery in the street, led the
nation in a séance, stuck viewers to their sofas, successfully predicted the National Lottery,
motivated a shy man to land a packed passenger plane at 30,000 feet, exposed psychic and
faith-healing charlatans, and hypnotised a man to assassinate Stephen Fry. On top of this he
tours the UK every year with a sell-out stage show and has recently finished a run on
Broadway, NYC. He is the author of five books: Tricks of the Mind, Confessions of a Conjuror,
Happy, A Little Happier and Portraits.
16 September 2021 | Susanna Wadeson for Bantam Press | 384 ppTRANSWORLD HISTORY
MAKING MENGELE
Guy Walters
A new biography of the notorious personality
produced by the Third Reich: Josef Mengele. A man
who has by far the darkest and most enduring
resonance, he continues to fascinate us today,
seventy-five years after the war, and over forty years
since he drowned.
But why does the intrigue around Mengele continue tothis
day?
This is a seemingly straightforward question that this
biography seeks to answer. In order to do so, Making
Mengele will examine how a well-heeled, handsome,
charming, kind, and intelligent young doctor became, for a
comparatively brief time, capable of committing the most sadistic and evil acts imaginable. As
the photographs and testimonies re-documented here will show, Mengele was a man of many
and huge contradictions, to the extent that he simply cannot only be characterised as a
'monster'. Such an approach is too dismissive, too easy.
Unsurprisingly, Mengele certainly did not see himself as a monster. We therefore need to
understand why, even until the end of his life, Mengele regarded himself as a deeply moral
human being - indeed a man who benefited humanity - and bridled at the notion that he was
the 'Angel of Death'. This book will also examine the image of Mengele, and what he became
in the public imagination both when he was in hiding and even after his death. There
undoubtedly remains a sharp disconnect between the man Mengele really was, and the almost
supernatural and darkly angelic figure he became in the eyes of the world.
The question is - how did this happen? And specifically, why did it happen with Mengele?
Guy Walters is the author of two history books on the Second World War, Hunting Evil and
Berlin Games. He is also the author of four thrillers set in the same period. A former Times
journalist, he writes widely on historical topics for the national press.
21 January 2022 | Bill Scott-Kerr for Bantam Press | 480 ppTRANSWORLD POLITICS & SOCIETY
FREEDOM: HOW WE LOSE IT
AND HOW WE GET IT BACK
Nathan Law
What does it mean to be truly free? And can any
of us be free until all of us are?
In this short manifesto, Nathan Law explores the
meaning of freedom, and shows how easily
freedoms can be eroded or dismantled. Freedom is
all the more precious for its fragility – it is not a
given, and each generation must fight to protect it,
whether in emerging democracies or in the Western
world where freedom is too often taken for granted.
Using his own experience as a political activist in Hong Kong, Nathan Law explores not just
how important freedom is for human beings to thrive in principle, but how it works in reality
across the world.
What does it mean to be able to speak freely, and what happens when the concept falls down?
How can the law both protect and abolish our freedoms? And why should we place such
importance on free and fair elections?
With the nature of democratic freedom being hotly debated across the world, and sometimes
feeling under threat, this is a timely manifesto about freedom and why we should fight for it.
Watch the editor, Alex Christofi, pitch this title here.
In 2016, Nathan Law became Hong Kong's youngest ever elected lawmaker at the age of just
23. A year later, he was imprisoned by the Chinese authorities for his part in the Umbrella
Movement. He has since been nominated for a Nobel Peace Price for his pro-democracy
advocacy, and he was named among the Observer's Faces of 2020, as well as TIME
magazine's People of the Year. He has a Master’s degree in East Asian Studies from Yale
University.
04 November 2021 | Alex Christofi for Bantam Press | 208 ppTRANSWORLD SCIENCE & MEDICAL MEMOIR
IN THE WARS: A STORY OF CONFLICT,
SURVIVAL AND SAVING LIVES
Dr Waheed Arian
For readers of War Doctor and Educated, a doctor's story of
grit and resilience, from the war-torn streets of Kabul to
saving lives around the world.
Born in war-torn Afghanistan, Waheed Arian's earliest memories
are of bombs. Fleeing the conflict with his family, he spent much
of his childhood in refugee camps in Pakistan, living sometimes
ten to a room without basic sanitation or access to education.
After he contracted tuberculosis, his first-hand experience of the
power of medicine inspired Waheed to dedicate his life to healing
others. But how does a boy with nothing hope to become a
doctor?
Waheed largely taught himself, from textbooks bought from street-sellers, and learned English
from the BBC World Service. Smuggled to the UK at fifteen with just $100 in his pocket, he
was advised to set his sights on becoming a taxi driver. But he had bigger ambitions. He
studied all hours and was accepted to read medicine at Cambridge University, and went on to
become a doctor in the NHS.
In 2015 he founded Arian Teleheal, a pioneering global charity that connects doctors in war
zones and low-resource countries with their counterparts in the US, UK, Europe and Australia.
Together, learning from each other, they save and change lives - the lives of millions of people
just like Waheed.
Waheed Arian is an NHS A&E doctor. His pioneering charity, Arian Teleheal, woks directly
with clinicians on the ground, and provides governments and global organizations with a
blueprint for delivering innovative healthcare and education. Dr Arian has been recognized as
a UNESCO Global Hope Hero, a UN Global Goals Goalkeeper, an NHS Innovation Mentor,
and was appointed to the WHO Roster of Digital Health Experts in 2019. In the UK, he has
been awarded the Rotary Internation Peace Award and the Prime Minister's Points of Light
Award.
17 June 2021 | Andrea Henry for Bantam Press | 320 ppTRANSWORLD SCIENCE & MEDICAL MEMOIR
SUPERCHARGE YOUR BRAIN:
HOW TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY BRAIN
THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE
James Goodwin
Leading brain health expert Professor James Goodwin
delivers practical advice on how to optimise our brain’s
performance and halt cognitive decline.
The definitive guide to keeping your brain healthy for a long and
lucid life, by one of the world's leading scientists in the field of
brain health and ageing.
The brain is our most vital and complex organ. It controls and
coordinates our actions, thoughts and interactions with the
world around us. It is the source of personality, of our sense of self, and it shapes every aspect
of our human experience.
Yet most of us know precious little about how our brains actually work, or what we can do to
optimise their performance. Whilst cognitive decline is the biggest long-term health worry for
many of us, practical knowledge of how to look after our brain is thin on the ground.
Combining the latest scientific research with insightful storytelling and practical advice,
Supercharge Your Brain reveals everything you need to know about how your brain functions,
and what you can do to keep it in peak condition. In this ground-breaking new book, leading
expert Professor James Goodwin explains how simple strategies concerning exercise, diet,
social life and sleep can transform your brain health paradigm, and shows how you can keep
your brain youthful and stay sharp across your life.
James Goodwin is a director of the Brain Health Network and a special adviser to the Global
Council on Brain Health. He holds an honorary chair at the University of Exeter Medical School
and is a visiting professor in physiology at the University of Loughborough. A former army
officer and a graduate of Sandhurst, he is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
01 April 2021 | Henry Vines for Bantam Press | 384 pp
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(Muza), US (Pegasus Books)TRANSWORLD LIFESTYLE, HEALTH & SELF DEVELOPMENT
THE SENSATIONAL TODDLER
SLEEP PLAN
Alison Scott-Wright
The author of the bestselling The Sensational
Baby Sleep Plan shows parents how to deal
with sleep issues in older babies and
children. With a foreword by Millie
Mackintosh.
From the author of the hugely successful The Sensational Baby Sleep Plan comes the follow-
up guide, helping parents to deal with sleep issues in children aged twelve months plus.
The Sensational Toddler Sleep Plan gives parents clear and realistic advice on how to:
implement her proven and failsafe reassurance sleep-training technique and establish healthy
bedtime associations for the older baby, toddler or child; understand your toddler's
development and implement routine boundaries through responsible and positive parenting;
manage the changes to routine such as moving from cot to bed and travelling through time
zones; and introduce a new baby into the family and deal with sibling issues.
Alison also provides her much sought-after advice on acid reflux and dietary-related
intolerances for the older baby, toddler and child. This is a book that will help readers manage
the transition from baby to toddler and ensure the whole family gets the sleep they need.
Alison Scott-Wright comes from a vast and varied nursing background. Her successful and
ever-expanding consultancy service gives parents factual, reality-based advice on a range of
baby-related issues. She is found on twitter as @babysleepexpert.
12 August 2021 | Lizzy Goudsmit for Bantam Press | 288 ppTRANSWORLD BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
TERRY PRATCHETT: A LIFE WITH
FOOTNOTES
Rob Wilkins
The official biography of one of the world's best-loved
and bestselling storytellers, Sir Terry Pratchett, by the
person who was, for over 25 years, his assistant,
business manager, close friend and confidante: Rob
Wilkins.
‘People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's
the other way around.'
Terry Pratchett, creator of the phenomenally bestselling
Discworld series, knight of the realm, and holder of more
honorary doctorates than he knew what to do with, was
known and loved around the world for his wildly popular books, his brilliant satirical humour
and for the humanity of his campaign work. But that's only part of the picture.
At the time of his death in 2015, he was working on his finest story yet - his own. The story of
a boy who was told by his headteacher aged six that he would never amount to anything, and
spent the rest of his life proving him wrong. Who walked out on his A levels to become a
journalist, encountering some very dead bodies and the idea for his first novel before he
reached twenty. Who celebrated his knighthood by smelting himself a sword, and who, on
being awarded the prestigious Carnegie Medal, switched it during the prizegiving for a
chocolate replica and proceeded to eat it in front of an audience of horrified librarians.
Tragically, Terry ran out of time to complete the memoir he so desperately wanted to write.
But now, in the only authorised biography of one of our best known and best loved writers, his
manager and friend Rob Wilkins picks up where Terry left off, and with the help of friends,
family and Terry's own unpublished words, tells the full story of an extraordinary life.
Rob Wilkins was for many years Terry's personal assistant and business manager, travelling
with him around the world and acting as amanuensis during the writing of the Discworld novels.
This will be the only authorised memoir of Sir Terry Pratchett.
30 September 2021 | Suzanne Bridson for Doubleday | 352 pp
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VINTAGE CRIME & THRILLER
DEADLY CURE
Mahi Cheshire
An exhilarating debut thriller set in a hospital, following
the ferocious race between two women to find a
breakthrough cure.
The Hippocratic Oath: First, do no harm...
Dr Rea Darsena is devastated when she loses out on her
dream research job to her med-school rival, Dr Julia Stone.
At first she's prepared to bow out gracefully. But when it
comes to light that Julia got the job using Rea's own cutting
edge research on a possible new treatment for cancer, Rea
can't let it go. As Julia's work goes from strength to strength
Rea watches obsessively.
Until finally, just after a breakthrough that will change the course of medical history, Julia is
found dead.
Now Rea has the dream job she's always wanted. A job she would - almost - have killed for.
But as she steps into Julia's shoes she begins to uncover disturbing evidence that stalked
Julia's final days - anonymous phone calls, unidentifiable patient records - and a hospital
basement that doesn't officially exist. As suspicion starts to fall on Rea as the prime suspect
in the murder case, she begins to question everything - not just in the case, but in the hospital
too.
With so much at stake, who makes the decisions here - who gets to live and who has to die?
Perfect for fans of The Silent Patient and Grey's Anatomy, Deadly Cure is a thrilling fast-paced
story with a compelling hook - is there a toxic flip-side to the human urge to 'cure'?
Watch the author pitch Deadly Cure here.
Mahi Cheshire was born in Sri Lanka and grew up in London. She works as a GP, has a
degree in Psychology and teaches at Kings College Medical School. She loves travelling,
kundalini yoga and boxing, all of which provide inspiration for her writing. She lives in London
with her husband and baby daughter.
06 January 2022 | Jade Chandler for Vintage | 384 ppVINTAGE CRIME & THRILLER
HUNTED
Abir Mukherjee
Two parents, a white American woman and British
Muslim man, are thrown together in a race against time to
find their radicalised children before they carry out a
terrorist attack or are killed trying.
It's less than a month till the US presidential elections. A bomb
goes off in an LA mall. It's a suicide bombing, carried out by a
British Muslim girl. The FBI trace her arrival on US soil and
realise that she wasn't alone, and that the LA attack is only
the beginning.
In Florida, a mother fears her son has been radicalised. In
London, the police bring in a Muslim immigrant for questioning
about his child's whereabouts.
The two parents are thrown together in a race to find their kids before it's too late. Will they
succeed?
Will the FBI hunt their children down? Or will both fail to stop the teenagers committing an
atrocity which derails the country's future?
Watch the author pitch this title here.
Abir Mukherjee is the bestselling author of the award-winning Wyndham & Banerjee series
of crime novels set in Raj-era India. He has won the CWA Historical Dagger and the Wilbur
Smith Award for Adventure Writing, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, and
HWA Gold Crown. His novels, A Rising Man and Smoke and Ashes were both selected as
Waterstones Thriller of the Month. Smoke and Ashes was also chosen as one of The Times’
Best Crime and Thrillers since 1945.
14 April 2022 | Jade Chandler for Harvill Secker | 354 pp
Rights sold: US (Hachette US)VINTAGE CRIME & THRILLER
The Cook
Ajay Chowdhury
The second instalment in Ajay Chowdhury's distinctive
and page-turning Kamil Rahman crime series.
A woman is found killed in her flat, and a series of murders
in London's East End soon follows...
Kamil and Anjoli continue to work together in a curry house
in London's Brick Lane. Kamil has graduated from waiter to
cook, while Anjoli manages the restaurant with her usual
flair. But soon they are embroiled in a string of mysterious
murders - Anjoli suspects that someone is killing homeless
people around their restaurant.
The police are indifferent but Kamil and Anjoli are determined - they notice the same bottleof
gin lying next to each dead body as well as a noted increase in the number of street casualties.
But there are no obvious signs of poisoning or violence.
Is it just a coincidence, or is a serial killer at work?
As they move between life and death in a nursing college hospital, the ups and downs of
running a restaurant, and the streets of the East End where many sleep rough, Kamil and
Anjoli slowly begin to put together a series of seemingly unconnected incidents, with lashings
of Indian cooking and the bustle of Brick Lane providing a lively backdrop to this thought-
provoking read.
Ajay Chowdhury is the winner of the inaugural Harvill Secker and Bloody Scotland
competition. He is a tech entrepreneur and theatre director who lived the first third of his life in
India and then moved to London, where he cooks experimental meals for his wife and
daughters. His debut crime thriller, The Waiter will be published in 2021.
09 June 2022 | Jade Chandler for Harvill Secker | 384 ppVINTAGE CRIME & THRILLER
MURDER TAKES THE STAGE
Ada Moncrieff
Murder stalks a touring stage production of A Christmas
Carol in this 1930s-set festive mystery.
December 1935. Director Monty Harrison's production of A
Christmas Carol has had a troubled run on its tour of regional
theatres. With tensions amongst the cast running high, the
company reach their final stop - London's Theatre Royale.
Catastrophe, however, strikes on opening night: Scrooge
dies on stage, the result (it is presumed) of a heart attack.
But the show must go on.
Until, that is, a leading theatre critic - and old rival of Monty's - is killed backstage. Are those
associated with the production being picked off one by one? Budding journalist Daphne King
takes up the case...
Ada Moncrieff was born in London and has lived in Madrid and Paris. She studied English at
Cambridge University, and has worked in theatre, publishing and as a teacher. Her first novel,
Murder Most Festive was published in 2020.
04 November 2021 | Alex Russell for Vintage | 304 ppVINTAGE LITERARY FICTION
MY POLICEMAN
Bethan Roberts
An exquisitely told, tragic tale of thwarted love, soon to be
a feature film, starring Golden Globe winning actress, Emma
Corrin (The Crown) and Harry Styles.
It is in 1950s' Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom.
He teaches her to swim in the shadow of the pier and Marion is
smitten - determined her love will be enough for them both.
A few years later in Brighton Museum, Patrick meets Tom.
Patrick is besotted with Tom, who opens his eyes to a
glamorous, sophisticated new world.
Tom is their policeman, and in this age it is safer for him to marry Marion. The two lovers must
share him, until one of them breaks and three lives are destroyed.
'A moving story of longing and frustration' Observer
Bethan Roberts was born in Oxford and grew up in nearby Abingdon. Her first novel The
Pools was published in 2007 and won a Jerwood/Arvon Young Writers' Award. Her second
novel The Good Plain Cook, published in 2008, was serialized on BBC Radio 4's Book at
Bedtime and was chosen as one of Time Out's books of the year. She also writes short stories
(in 2006 she was awarded the Olive Cook short story prize by the Society of Authors) and has
had a play broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Bethan has worked as a television documentary
researcher, writer and assistant producer, and has taught Creative Writing at Chichester
University and Goldsmiths College, London. She lives in Brighton with her family.
02 August 2012 | Beth Coates for Vintage | 352 pp
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(Penguin Group US)VINTAGE HISTORY
URBAN JUNGLE
Ben Wilson
An eye-opening and urgent exploration of
nature and the city - past, present and future.
For millennia, cities have seemed to represent our
separation from the natural world and our victory
over it. They are a kind of battleground, where
humans have used technologies to reengineer the
environment. In the early 21st century, we have
reached a turning point: we have now urbanised
our planet, but natural forces - be they rising waters, storms, droughts or pandemics - look set
to determine the fate of our cities in the future.
In fact, as Ben Wilson reveals, nature has always been at the heart of the city, and our post-
industrial cities are much wilder places than we might imagine, with booming animal and plant
populations. The project of rewilding the city has already begun. People around the worldare
realising that cities are not dead, artificial zones, but complex and diverse habitats, and a place
that is healthy for animals and plants is healthier for humans as well. Where cities once built
walls and towers to defend against attack; now they have to become greener to protect
themselves from external threats.
Rewilding the city is not a distant utopian dream: nature is already reclaiming the city. In a time
of climate crisis, the city is both problem and solution. The extent to which cities strike a
balance with nature will determine the fate of our cities. In this thrilling re-examination of the
way we live, Ben Wilson argues that we stand at a crossroads. Our future - and that of the
planet - will be made in the city.
Watch the author and editor, Bea Hemming, in conversation here.
Ben Wilson is the author of a number of critically acclaimed books, including What Price
Liberty?, for which he received the Somerset Maugham Award. Most recently, his history of
the city, Metropolis, has sold in 29 territories. He has worked in television, broadcast on the
radio in several countries, and writes regularly for publications such as The Times, Daily
Telegraph and Prospect.
05 January 2023 | Bea Hemming for Jonathan Cape | 320 pp
Rights sold: US (Doubleday)VINTAGE POLITICS & SOCIETY
THE AGE OF THE STRONGMAN
Gideon Rachman
Gideon Rachman explores the spread of leadership
cults, polarised politics and urban-rural divisions in
order to understand the rise of 'strongmen' and a
new global nationalism.
We are in a new era: the age of the strongman.
Authoritarian leaders have become a central feature of
global politics. Over the last decade, self-styled
‘strongmen’ have risen to power in capitals as diverse
as Moscow, Delhi, Tokyo, Brasilia, Budapest, Rome,
Ankara, Cairo, Riyadh and Manila.
This trend began well before the upheavals of 2016. When and where did this change take
place? How long will this period last? And how likely is it to lead the world into war, economic
collapse or unchecked environmental disaster? This is a story in three acts: the rise of the
strongmen; the liberal fightback; and the probable consequences of the strongman era.
From Putin and Bolsonaro, Erdogan, Xi, Modi and Trump, to the opposition of Merkel, Macron,
and Ardern, Rachman pays full attention to the strongman phenomenon in countries that are
too often eclipsed, uncovers a complex interaction between rising Asian powers and a
declining West, where very different reasons explain growing nationalisms.
The Age of the Strongman finds the common themes in our local nightmares and offers a bold
new paradigm for understanding our world; whilst others have tried to understand these
situations individually, Gideon Rachman’s will be the first truly global treatment of the new
nationalism, underpinned by an exceptional level of access to world leaders and key actors in
this drama.
Gideon Rachman is the chief foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times. In 2016 he
won the Orwell Prize for Journalism and was named Commentator of the Year at the European
Press Prize awards. Previously he worked for The Economist for fifteen years, serving as a
foreign correspondent in Washington, Bangkok and Brussels.
24 February 2022 | Stuart Williams for Bodley Head | 288 ppVINTAGE POLITICS & SOCIETY
UNATTACHED: ESSAYS ON
CELEBRATING SINGLE WOMANHOOD
Angelica Malin
An anthology of essays by diverse female voices
exploring and celebrating single womanhood in the
modern age.
Have you ever worried about going on holiday alone? Felt
queasy at the thought of Valentine's Day without a date?
Thought to yourself, "I want what she has?" This book is the
tonic you need.
Each chapter of Unattached will explore the nuances of being
single today; with personal essays from a multitude of game-
changing voices, reflecting both the unique challenges of being
single (hello, going to a wedding alone), and the glorious benefits of singlehood in a light-
hearted way (goodbye, joint bank account).
The single positivity movement is here, and this book will turbo-charge the revolution. We need
more female single role models now more than ever - sharing their stories, inspiration and
warmth. Unattached shines a light on brilliant women stepping into their power, shrugging off
the shackles of traditional labels, owning being alone, and reveals the true depth of female
potential when we choose to go against what society expects of us and revel in our own
strength.
An award-winning entrepreneur, podcast and event host based in London, Angelica Malin is
the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of About Time Magazine, one of the UK's leading lifestyle
magazines. Angelica also runs #SheStartedItLIVE, a festival of female empowerment and is
the author of She Made It: The Toolkit for Female Founders in the Digital Age.
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