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A hanged man. A stolen painting. An impossible crime.
A marine engineer is found hanged in a locked apartment. Some artwork is stolen, then mysteriously returned. And a security guard is found dead at the base of a Welsh cliff.
When Fiona Griffiths is tasked to look through a stackload of cold cases, her bosses don't expect her to find anything of interest. But then she discovers that an impossible robbery really happened. That the supposed suicide was anything but. That the dead security guard was almost certainly murdered.
Before long, Fiona is embroiled in what will become the most terrifying case of her career so far - one that forces her to enter the heart of darkness, and a journey that will test her mental toughness to its very limits.
Praise for the Fiona Griffiths mystery series:
'A stunner with precision plotting, an unusual setting, and a deeply complex protagonist' The Seattle Times
'This cleverly plotted police procedural introduces a likeable, maverick detective destined for a bestseller following' Choice
'Compelling...a new crime talent to treasure' Daily Mail
'Gritty, compelling...a procedural unlike any other you are likely to read this year' USA Today
'An original and complex character; a different kind of policewoman. Fiona Griffiths is a truly fascinating character' Shots
Fans of Angela Marsons, Peter James and Ann Cleeves will be gripped by the other titles in the Fiona Griffiths mystery series:
1. Talking to the Dead
2. Love Story, With Murders
3. The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths
4. This Thing of Darkness
5. The Dead House
6. The Deepest Grave (coming soon!)
If you're looking for a crime thriller series to keep you hooked, then go no further: you've just found it.
** Each Fiona Griffiths thriller can be read as a standalone or in series order **
'I love Fiona Griffiths' Sharon Bolton
A crime from the past. A murder from the future.
DS Fiona Griffiths is bored. It's been months since she had a good corpse. Then she gets news; not just of a murder, but of a decapitation, and one committed with an antique sword no less. All that, and, a murder scene laid out like a gruesome crossword clue.
Gaynor Charteris was an archaeologist excavating a nearby iron-age site. Genial, respected, well-liked, it was hard to see why anyone would want to kill her.
But as Fiona starts to investigate, she finds evidence of a crime that seems to have its origins in King Arthur's greatest battle - a crime so bizarre that getting her superiors to take it seriously is going to be her toughest job. Especially since the crime hasn't yet been committed.
Praise for the Fiona Griffiths mystery series:
'Compelling and claustrophobic. Without a doubt, Fiona Griffiths is one of crime's most memorable heroines' Sarah Hilary
'Compelling...a new crime talent to treasure' Daily Mail
'In a word - brilliant. One of the most enjoyable crime novels I've read in a while' James Oswald
'Gritty, compelling...a procedural unlike any other you are likely to read this year' USA Today
'Gripping...Fiona Griffiths kept me hooked to the last page and left me hungry for more' Rachel Abbott
Fans of Angela Marsons, Peter James and Ann Cleeves will be gripped by the other titles in the Fiona Griffiths mystery series:
1. Talking to the Dead
2. Love Story, With Murders
3. The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths
4. This Thing of Darkness
5. The Dead House
6. The Deepest Grave (coming soon!)
If you're looking for a crime thriller series to keep you hooked, then go no further: you've just found it.
** Each Fiona Griffiths thriller can be read as a standalone or in series order **
A crime you'll always remember. A detective you'll never forget.
A young girl is found dead. A prostitute is murdered. And the strangest, youngest detective in the South Wales Major Crimes Unit is about to face the fiercest test of her short career.
A woman and her six-year-old daughter are killed with chilling brutality in a dingy flat. The only clue: the platinum bank card of a long-dead tycoon, found amidst the squalor.
DC Griffiths has already proved herself dedicated to the job, but there's another side to her she is less keen to reveal. Something to do with a mysterious two-year gap in her CV, her strange inability to cry - and a disconcerting familiarity with corpses.
Fiona is desperate to put the past behind her but as more gruesome killings follow, the case leads her back into those dark places in her own mind where another dead girl is waiting to be found...
Praise for the Fiona Griffiths mystery series:
'I have to say that in a lifetime of reading crime fiction I have never come across anyone quite like Fiona Griffiths . . . Read this book. Enjoy every syllable. Hold your breath, and tick off the weeks until the next one' Crime Fiction Lover
'Compelling...a new crime talent to treasure' Daily Mail
'Gritty, compelling...a procedural unlike any other you are likely to read this year' USA Today
'With Detective Constable Fiona 'Fi' Griffiths, Harry Bingham...finds a sweet spot in crime fiction...think Stieg Larsson's Lisbeth Salander...[or] Lee Child's Jack Reacher... The writing is terrific' The Boston Globe
'This cleverly plotted police procedural introduces a likeable, maverick detective destined for a bestseller following' Choice
Fans of Angela Marsons, Peter James and Ann Cleeves will be gripped by the other titles in the Fiona Griffiths mystery series:
1. Talking to the Dead
2. Love Story, With Murders
3. The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths
4. This Thing of Darkness
5. The Dead House
6. The Deepest Grave (coming soon!)
If you're looking for a crime thriller series to keep you hooked, then go no further: you've just found it.
** Each Fiona Griffiths thriller can be read as a standalone or in series order **
A freezing cold winter. A dead body from the past. A tale of love - and murder.
A human leg is discovered in a suburban freezer. The victim is a teenage girl killed some ten years earlier. But then other body parts start appearing. And these ones are male, dark-skinned, and very fresh...
Is this a tangled tale of love gone wrong? Or are there more sinister lines connecting the dead bodies to a recent tragedy in a Cardiff prison, and an engineering company that's up to a whole lot more than is first apparent?
Fiona Griffiths starts to investigate, in the midst of the coldest winter on record. Up in a remote cottage in the Welsh Black Mountains, she finds the data that contains the clue to the entire mystery. But, as the first snow starts to fall, she discovers that she's not alone...
Praise for the Fiona Griffiths mystery series:
'Compelling...a new crime talent to treasure' Daily Mail
'A dark delight, and I look forward to Fiona's future struggles with criminals, her demons and the mysteries of her past' Washington Post
'With Detective Constable Fiona 'Fi' Griffiths, Harry Bingham...finds a sweet spot in crime fiction...think Stieg Larsson's Lisbeth Salander...[or] Lee Child's Jack Reacher... The writing is terrific' The Boston Globe
'A police procedural with a twist. Quirky, gripping, and rather like its lead character, utterly unconventional. That's what makes it such a delight to read. Highly recommended' Crime Thriller Girl
'A cracking read that is both fresh and compelling' Red Handed
Fans of Angela Marsons, Peter James and Ann Cleeves will be gripped by the other titles in the Fiona Griffiths mystery series:
1. Talking to the Dead
2. Love Story, With Murders
3. The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths
4. This Thing of Darkness
5. The Dead House
6. The Deepest Grave (coming soon!)
If you're looking for a crime thriller series to keep you hooked, then go no further: you've just found it.
** Each Fiona Griffiths thriller can be read as a standalone or in series order **
A woman starved to death. A tech genius with his hands hacked off. The heist of the century.
When DC Fiona Griffiths and her colleagues piece together the clues to several grim crimes, they realise they're staring at one of the world's most daring robberies. Fiona is asked to take on her toughest case yet: will she go undercover to penetrate this criminal gang from within?
When Fiona says yes, she has to give up her old life entirely. She becomes Fiona Grey, a homeless woman struggling to get her life back together again. When the criminal gang adopt her as one of their own, she's totally alone, vulnerable - and dangerous as hell.
Praise for the Fiona Griffiths mystery series:
'With Detective Constable Fiona 'Fi' Griffiths, Harry Bingham...finds a sweet spot in crime fiction...think Stieg Larsson's Lisbeth Salander...[or] Lee Child's Jack Reacher... The writing is terrific' The Boston Globe
'The easiest five stars I've ever awarded a book. Fiona Griffiths is by far the most original detective I've come across' Loretta Milan
'Gritty, compelling...a procedural unlike any other you are likely to read this year' USA Today
'Compelling...a new crime talent to treasure' Daily Mail
'Fiona Griffiths may be the most fascinating protagonist in fiction. She is similar to Lisbeth Salander, an intelligent but profoundly damaged young woman, but Fiona is less hostile and more curious, sort of a good guy sociopath. This is definitely one my favourite thriller series' Audrey, Top 500 Reviewer
Fans of Angela Marsons, Peter James and Ann Cleeves will be gripped by the other titles in the Fiona Griffiths mystery series:
1. Talking to the Dead
2. Love Story, With Murders
3. The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths
4. This Thing of Darkness
5. The Dead House
6. The Deepest Grave (coming soon!)
If you're looking for a crime thriller series to keep you hooked, then go no further: you've just found it.
** Each Fiona Griffiths thriller can be read as a standalone or in series order **
'Chilling, atmospheric and so gripping it hurts. The Dead House is a masterpiece. You won't read a better crime novel this year' MARK EDWARDS
On a wild October night, the body of a young woman is found in a remote country churchyard. She's wearing nothing but a thin, white dress. There are no marks of violence and no obvious cause of death.
Who is the victim? Why is she here?
But another young woman went missing from the area a few years back, and DC Fiona Griffiths soon suspects a crime even more chilling than she first imagined.
Will she unlock the secrets of the dead house? Or will she become its next victim?
Praise for the Fiona Griffiths mystery series:
'One of the most interesting and complicated protagonists in current UK crime fiction. Truly unforgettable' Mick Herron
'In a word - brilliant. One of the most enjoyable crime novels I've read in a while' James Oswald
'This cleverly plotted police procedural introduces a likeable, maverick detective destined for a bestseller following' Choice
'Compelling...a new crime talent to treasure' Daily Mail
'Gritty, compelling...a procedural unlike any other you are likely to read this year' USA Today
Fans of Angela Marsons, Peter James and Ann Cleeves will be gripped by the other titles in the Fiona Griffiths mystery series:
1. Talking to the Dead
2. Love Story, With Murders
3. The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths
4. This Thing of Darkness
5. The Dead House
6. The Deepest Grave (coming soon!)
If you're looking for a crime thriller series to keep you hooked, then go no further: you've just found it.
** Each Fiona Griffiths thriller can be read as a standalone or in series order **
‘Best book on writing I have ever read’ -- Lovely Rita, Amazon reviewer
So: you want to write a book.
That means you’ll need to learn how to find the market you’ll be writing for and how to plan your novel. Know what works and what doesn’t and identify the ‘outstanding’ from the ‘good’ ideas.
You’ll need to know how to plot like the experts: learn about all the plotting methods open to you, and which one suits you and your writing style.
You’ll also want to know who your characters are and why they’re the way they are. You’ll need to know about character arcs and character development, so that you can create dazzling characters that’ll leave your readers captivated.
But none of that will mean anything, if you haven’t developed your prose style. This is what separates ‘people who like to write’ and ‘writers.’ So, you’ll need to learn how to handle technicalities like point of view, tense, omniscience, writing with clarity, and the art of showing-not-telling.
And, because you’re a writer whose just created a world filled with evocative characters and excellent descriptions of place, you’ll also need to know how to edit. Really edit your manuscript so that it’s ready for publication.
Oh, and yes, you’ll need experience. This book is written by someone who knows what he’s talking about. With 20+ years as a published and bestselling author, Harry has helped thousands of writers on their journey to publication (as boss of Jericho Writers).
And look: there are plenty of writing manuals out there, but with this book Harry will be with you from the very first sentence to the last full stop. Offering you actionable advice with real-life examples, all with the aim to help you write a book to be proud of. From one writer to another – good luck.
Table of contents:
Introduction
Part one: Planning
1 What is Your Market?
2 What is Your Plan?
3 What is Your Plot?
4 Who Are Your Characters?
5 What is Your Stage and Where is Your Camera?
6 Who Are You?
7 Some Common Mistakes
Part two: Prose Style
8 Clarity
9 Economy
10 Clichés: A Field Guide
11 Precision
12 Some Technicalities
13 Little Flashes of Genius
14 Tone
Part three: Character
15 Show, Telling, and The Riddle of Character
16 Finding Edge
17 The World of Interiors
18 Faces, Bodies, Mirrors
19 Meetings
20 Empathy
Part four: Placing the Camera
21 First-Person, Third-Person
22 One, Few, or Many
23 Up Close, Far Out, and The Myth of Omniscience
24 Past or Present?
25 The Time Traveller's Reader
26 Madmen, Liars and Rogues
27 Irony
Part five: Story
28 The Classic Plot
"This is a book written by someone who knows what he's talking about. Even better, it's written by someone who enjoys what he's writing about and it shows. It is simply and clearly written, with an underlying sense of fun throughout."-- Amazon reader review.
So: you’ve written a book and you want to get it published.
That means you need to know about getting your manuscript prepped for submissions. You need to know about literary agents, and query letters, and synopses, and book proposals.
You need to know what happens if an agent comes back with an acceptance - and what happens if they say, ‘I liked it, but …’
You need to know about agent contracts as well as publishing contracts. And you need to know about the market for books, because that’s the market which will determine your future as a writer.
But that’s not all. You need to know about how to work with publishers though editing, design, marketing and publicity. What publishers want from those processes isn’t always the same as what YOU want and you have to know when to play nice and when to insist on changes. You have to understand what you can do to market your books effectively – and in a way that works for the person you are.
All of that in a publishing market that’s been changing faster than any time in history.
And look: you’re a reader as well and you don’t want a tedious textbook crammed with wholesome but indigestible facts. You want a book that feels like a friendly, authoritative and humorous companion on your journey.
Finally, you want (and need) the voice of experience. The voice of an author who has been much published himself – and someone who (as boss of Jericho Writers) has helped thousands of writers on their journey to publication.
On your side from start to finish, this book has been written for you - and with your goal of publication in mind. From one writer to another – good luck.
Table of contents:
Introduction
Part one: Getting Ready
Motives and Expectations
Is your book ready to go?
How to assemble a proposal
Which agent? Which Publisher?
Protecting your copyright
Manuscript presentation
Titles, opening lines, opening chapters
Query letters
The synopsis
Part two: Planet Agent
Approaching agents and publishers
Communications from planet agent
An introduction to planet agent
Things to ask an agent
Signing up with an agent
Part three: How the book trade works
The Market for books
Part four: Getting your book deal
A publisher’s offer
Choosing your publisher
Advances, rights and royalties
Your publishing contract
Libel and other routes to bankruptcy
Privacy law
Towards world domination
Part five: Towards production
Working with publishers
Editorial
Cover design and title
Crammed with examples (positive and negative) from successful authors, this essential guide is for writers of every genre: fiction and narrative non-fiction, literary and commercial, adults and children. This guide tells you how to:
- Understand your market
- Plan your novel or memoir
- Develop strong, empathetic characters
- Structure and maintain a compelling plot
- Ensure that your prose style is strong enough to carry your story
- Polish your work until it shines
Which is true, admittedly, except that 52 LETTERS also tells you all about the world’s oldest book.
And how to swear in Orcadian (which is a genuine Scottish dialect, unless you prefer to think of it as degenerate Norse, but either way it’s not the world’s most useful language, for swearing or anything else.)
And the book talks about the story you’ve left, and the story you love, and how you have to fall forwards into the book you’re writing now.
And it tells you about mindset mathematics and how to alter your perceptions of what is possible as a writer.
And it tells you why the new management of Barnes & Noble actually means something quite challenging for traditional publishing.
And it talks about all the ways that the publishing industry can treat writers crappily and it offers some helpful advice on how to avoid that kind of treatment yourself.
And it talks about the power of detail and actually gives you some examples which make you think, ‘Yes, I really understand something there and I want to go away right now to put that good advice into practice.’
And just when you think the book is going to stay really grown up and useful and good for you, it’ll unwrap a parcel of darlings and share them with you. Then ask you for darlings of your own and spend time with those too.
Then it’ll talk about the origins of the novel and be puzzled about agents who have set their hearts against speculative fiction.
So by this time, you’ll be thinking that the book is definitely entertaining but it can’t really call itself useful, except then you read something about the simplest technique in fiction (and one that always works), so you decide, dammit, that the book must be entertaining and useful, which sounds like one heck of a combination – and quite possibly something that you need right now this minute.
And, sure, you could look at our Incredibly Meagre Price and decide that your writing career doesn’t deserve even that amount of love, but realistically, you’re not going to do that, so you’re going to click that lovely golden BUY button and be very pleased you did.
Bestselling author, Harry Bingham, has been published all over the world by the biggest publishers in the business. His work has been adapted for TV and is currently the subject of a major Hollywood option. He’s also the boss of Jericho Writers, a company which helps writers like you write better and get published.
Advanced reviews:
'Harry Bingham is both the most entertaining and the most informing writer on the craft in evidence these days; not since Stephen King’s On Writing have I so valued a writer’s writing on writing! These aren’t just 52 Letters—they’re love letters, to and for writers of all stripes and stages of accomplishment.' - John David Mann, New York Times bestselling author
‘Harry’s Bingham’s inimitable, jaunty style guides the reader through the labyrinthine complexities of writing and publishing. Based on Jericho Writers up-to-the minute blog posts, 52 Letters informs writers of the rapidly changing landscape of the publishing world and the myriad options to get published in 2020. From publishers to bookstores, mailing-lists to e-books, word-length to word choice, Harry’s got you covered.
An epic tale of brothers divided, family rivalry, fortunes lost and won, set against the dramatic background of the early days of the oil industry.
Two boys are raised as brothers. Alan is the son of the lord of the manor, with all the privileges which come with that birthright. The other, Tom, is the son of the gardener. Together, they learn to argue, fight and bond in friendship.
Social difference divides their paths as adults but nothing can break their bond until a tragic misunderstanding occurs in the trenches of World War I. Now instead of the closest of friends they will be the bitterest of rivals in a burgeoning industry: oil.
From the early days of drilling in Persia, to wildcatting in Texas, to the corridors of Whitehall and Washington, this is the story of two remarkable men and the very different women who loved them.
Sweeping epic of adventure and enduring love, from the revolutionary upheaval in Russia to the chaos of post-War Berlin.
Misha is an aristocratic young officer in the army when the Russian revolution sweeps away all his certainties. Tonya is a nurse from an impoverished family in St Petersburg. They should have been bitter enemies; and yet they fall passionately in love. It cannot last, and Misha must flee the country as Tonya faces arrest and possibly death.
Thirty years later, Misha has survived the War and seeks to rebuild his life in the destroyed city of Berlin. Drawn into spying for the British, he learns of a talented female agent from the Soviet quarter. Can it be his lost love? And how will they find each other, as the divide deepens between East and West?
Intensely dramatic, epic in scope, this is a glorious novel of courage, action and ultimately undying hope.
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