Datura

NEW TITLES - october 2025

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9781917415149
400 pp
PB 197 x 130 mm
Mono
£9.99/$18.99
Crime
Rights: Curtis Brown LTD

Blood rival

Jake Arnott

Lee Royal – the king of Kent – is dead. Killed on the M25 in a brutal
act of road rage. But was this a random attack or something more
premeditated, stemming from a dark, long-kept secret? With Lee’s
death, so begins a cat and mouse game to discover the truth...

Jo Royal, Lee’s wife, has been harbouring steadfast resentment for him for years. But is this enough for her to want him
dead? Commander Ray Spinks of Scotland Yard has been a long-time associate of Lee’s. Brash, arrogant and underhanded – he is owed his share of the wealth Lee has amassed and he won’t let anyone get in his way. And with new kid on the scene Eddie Pierce attempting to rise in the ranks while battling his growing infatuation with Jo, who is positioned to become the next king in Kent’s criminal underbelly?

What started as a seemingly random act of violence will soon
turn into a high-stakes man hunt for a killer and the revelation of an explosive secret that will have devastating consequences.

JAKE ARNOTT is a novelist and screenwriter whose bestselling
debut The Long Firm was made into a series for BBC2 in 2004.

9781915523907
400 pp
PB 197 x 130 mm
Mono
£9.99/$18.99
Crime
Rights: Ayesha Pande Literary

The Red canoe

Wayne Johnson

Buck is fighting to keep himself alive on the border of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community reservation. Semi-feral and isolated in a trailer with her father, teenager Lucy has lived with a lifetime of abuse. When their two lives collide, Buck senses Lucy is in trouble and, on the foundation of their shared Ojibwe heritage, they trace Lucy’s abuse to a ring that extends farther than either of them ever imagined...

WAYNE JOHNSON is the multiple Pulitzer Prize- nominated author of the acclaimed Paul Two Persons mysteries and The Devil You Know. Of mixed Native and European descent, he grew up in southern Minneapolis on the White Earth and Red Lake Reservations. He currently resides in Salt Lake City.

9781915523921
400 pp
PB 197 x 130 mm
Mono
£9.99/$18.99
Crime
Rights: Ayesha Pande Literary

The Red canoe

Wayne Johnson

In this gripping prequel to The Red Canoe, Buck is on his way to track down his wayward brother in the Twin Cities, when he's trapped in a snowstorm and rescued by Sally, a girl who is fighting her own demons. As he navigates family, trauma and a star-crossed romance, he is forced to face the many facets of his own identity
and find a way to heal.

WAYNE JOHNSON is the multiple Pulitzer Prize- nominated author of the acclaimed Paul Two Persons mysteries and The Devil You Know. Of mixed Native and European descent, he grew up in southern Minneapolis on the White Earth and Red Lake Reservations. He currently resides in Salt Lake City.