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Hachette Signs Inkwell Writer
It’s official! This is the press release:
Hachette Books Ireland acquires new psychological crime author Louise Phillips in a two book deal struck between Ciara Doorley, Editorial Director, Hachette Books Ireland and Ger Nichol of The Book Bureau for Irish and UK Commonwealth rights, for an undisclosed sum
Red Ribbons, the first book in the deal, centres round the abduction and murder of a twelve-year old school girl and the main character Julie Pearson, criminal psychologist who is drafted in by the police to help them find the killer.
Ciara Doorley of Hachette Ireland says of Louise. ‘With overtones of Sophie Hannah and Tana French, Louise is a supremely talented writer. She subconsciously creates parallels between her characters, and this really challenges the reader. Her writing is tense, atmospheric and we’re really excited to be launching a new voice in Irish crime.’
Red Ribbons is told from three perspectives: the main character Julie; Ellie Brady, an inmate of St Michael’s Mental Institute (convicted of killing her own daughter fifteen years earlier); and the killer.
RED RIBBONS —- The ‘bad man’ is everywhere . . . can you see him?
Hachette Books Ireland will publish Louise’s first book Red Ribbons in Trade Paperback September 2012 and her second novel The Doll’s House will be published in 2013.
And this is Louise’s spine tingling Prologue:
The forest is full of shadows; noises come from everywhere, wind whisperings through the leaves, insects buzzing in a low relentless hum. She is running faster than she’s ever done before, her twelve year old feet bare, sore, but she keeps on going. Brittle branches snap underfoot. Her white cotton nightdress soaked with sweat, sticks to her body like a second skin. Beyond the tallest trees, Julie can see the light; it glistens, fleeting in and out as if caught by a large mirror. She can hear adult voices from behind, sailing in like the wails of a banshee. The light above her becomes blinding, her knees weak. He is calling her. She can almost feel his breath as she falls, the trees swirling around her. She has to get up; she has to escape. He is close.
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