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oUT NOW IN PAPERBACK!
The House on Rye Lane is out in paperback on 2nd January 2025 in the UK. You will be able to pick up a copy in bookshops and online, and in larger Tesco stores. In the US the paperback is out on 4th March 2025.
The House on Rye Lane published in the UK on 18th January 2024
All the hard work is over! The book has been written, re-written, edited and typeset. The cover has been designed and the title has been decided upon. A lot of people have worked hard to make The House On Rye Lane into something you will want to pick up from a shelf: a beautiful object which will tempt you to see what’s inside. (It really is a beautiful thing). It’s always an exciting moment to open a magazine or newspaper and see your book featured inside. Thousands of books are published every month in the UK, and the best you can hope is that yours will catch the attention of the readers who might love it. My publisher, Borough Press, has done a fantastic job of kick-starting that process. I’ve picked out a few of the early reviews below, plus some bookshop highlights! Massive thank you to the book shops who have chosen to stock The House On Rye Lane, especially those who have been lovely enough to put it in the window, and who have welcomed me in to sign copies.
The audio recording
I was lucky enough to meet Coral Sinclair at the recording studio as she read the parts of Ruth and Maxine for the audiobook of The House on Rye Lane. She has the perfect voice for those characters and I was hugely impressed by her ability to switch from one character’s voice to another and back again, putting in those subtle differentiations which help the reader to follow the story. She made it look easy.
While I was there, I recorded the author’s note, where I talk a bit about my inspiration, my research, and the aspect of the book which gave me sleepless nights! You’ll be able to hear it at the end of the audiobook, which I hope you will enjoy.
You can order the audiobook here.
My debut, The Silence, was published in 2020 by Borough Press / Harper Collins. It was longlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger and received wide critical acclaim. So far it has been translated into Italian, French, Polish and Arabic.
The Silence is out now in e-book, audio, hardback and paperback!