HarperCollins Media Bites March 2021

Girl in the Walls A . J . GNUS E

Elise knows every inch of the house. She knows which boards will creak. She knows where the gaps are in the walls. It’s home, after all. The home her parents made for her. And home is where you stay, no matter what. Eddie calls the same house his home. Eddie is almost a teenager now. He must no longer believe in the girl he sometimes sees from the corner of his eye. He needs her to disappear. But when his older brother senses her too, they are faced with a question: how do they get rid of someone they aren’t sure even exists?

Ruthless Women ME L AN I E B L AK E Broadcast to millions from its

picturesque location off the coast of Jersey, Falcon Bay was once the world’s most popular soap opera. With ratings now at an all-time low, a new network owner, Madeline Kane, arrives on the private island determined to do whatever it takes to get the show back to number one. Director Farrah, leading lady Catherine and producer Amanda are the driven, ambitious women who’ve been trying to hold the production together. But thanks to their sexy but corrupt boss, Jake Monroe, Farrah is losing episodes to male colleagues, seventy-year-old Catherine is terrified of losing the public’s adoration, and Amanda is battling her desire for a forbidden affair with a handsome new employee. As Madeline’s pressure to revive the show intensifies, she unleashes a true battle of the sexes where the women will do anything to stay in the jobs they love, on the island they call home. Can they team up to bring down their rivals? Or will jealousy, betrayal and revenge rip their friendships apart? As the story reaches its shocking climax, one thing is for certain: only the most ruthless woman will survive ...

Released: 03/03/21 TPB | 384pp AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 Imprint: 4th Estate The Rose Code K AT E QU I NN

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Released: 03/03/21 TPB | 464pp AU $24.99 NZ $27.99 Imprint: Head of Zeus

In 1940,three very different women are recruited to the mysterious Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. In 1947, on the eve of the royal wedding between Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, disaster threatens. Osla, Mab and Beth are estranged, their friendship torn apart by secrets and betrayal. Yet now they must race against the clock to crack one final code together, before it’s too late, for them and for their country.

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Released: 03/03/21 TPB | 656pp AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 Imprint: HarperCollins

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