Sphere snaps up Amazon star

30.11.11 | Charlotte Williams
Sphere has acquired two novels in a new crime series by Elizabeth Haynes, whose debut Into the Darkest Corner was chosen as Amazon's Book of the Year.
The acquisition marks the author's move from indie Myriad Editions to the Hachette publisher.
Editorial director Catherine Burke bought UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canada, from agent Annette Green. Sphere will publish the first book in the new series in July 2013, titled Under a Hunter's Moon. Meanwhile Myriad will publish two further stand-alone psychological suspense novels by Haynes, including her second book Revenge of the Tide in March 2012, and Human Remains in early 2013.
Burke said: "Elizabeth is a ferociously talented author and I know her background as a police intelligence analyst combined with her addictive storytelling and brilliant writing will make this unmissable. I am absolutely delighted to be launching Elizabeth's new crime series at Sphere."
Burke added: “Under a Hunter's Moon will introduce Inspector Lou Smith as she begins her first major crime inquiry as lead officer. Haynes has used narrative voices from both sides of the murder investigation and as the story unfolds, source documents embedded in the text will allow the reader to investigate the murder alongside the crime team.”
As well as having her debut named Amazon's Book of the Year 2011, Haynes also won Amazon's 2011 Rising Star Award.

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