I’m delighted that 59 MINUTEN, the wonderful Dutch version of 59 MINUTES, has been longlisted for the Beste Vertaalde Thriller/Best Translated Thriller in the ThrillZone Awards 2025.
59 MINUTEN was brilliantly translated by Guus van der Made and published by A.W. Bruna.
The shortlists will be announced next week and the overall winners will be announced on Christmas Day.
Good luck/succes to all the longlisted authors!
59 MINUTES is one of the American Booksellers Association’s Indie Next Picks for December.
Indie Next is a monthly list that features the top nominations from independent booksellers across the USA. I am so grateful to the booksellers that nominated 59 MINUTES and continue to support me and the book.
To see the full Indie Next list for December, click here.
I am over the moon that 59 MINUTES is available as an ‘add on’ for Book of the Month subscribers in November.
The wonderful Laura Wilson described 59 MINUTES as an “inhale-at-a-sitting tour de force” and chose it as a crime and thriller pick for September 2025 alongside William Boyd, Janice Hallett, Richard Osman and Kate Rhodes.
To read the full article, visit The Guardian.
I am over the moon that Nina Pottell, Books Editor at Prima magazine, has chosen 59 Minutes as one of her 2025 picks.
She says, “This sounds like it’s going to be an exceptional read!”
I’m in lovely (and hallowed) company, with Beth O’Leary (Swept Away is one of the best proofs I read this year), Emma Donoghue, Rachel Joyce and Mike Gayle.
I’m so glad I can finally talk about this. And I will be talking a lot more about it in the run up to 2025’s UK and US publications…
Orion acquires rights Holly Seddon’s ‘heart-wrenching’ thriller
Orion Fiction has acquired the rights to Holly Seddon’s new “heart-wreching” thriller 59 Minutes. UK & Commonwealth (excluding Canada) rights were acquired from Sophie Lambert at C&W.
Emily Bestler acquired US rights in a two-book pre-empt, for Emily Bestler Books.
59 Minutes follows the journey of three women trying to make it home to and protect their families, after everyone receives a message that missiles are set to destroy England in 59 minutes time.
The publisher has described the novel as “thoroughly gripping and gut-wrenching”.
My next novel, The Short Straw, will be published in hardback, ebook and audio in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand on 14th September 2023.
Leaving isn’t safe… But staying would be deadly.
‘An addictive read. . . Patricia Highsmith meets Shirley Jackson’ – GILLIAN MCALLISTER
‘The Short Straw practically pulses with foreboding and menace. Get ready to stay up all night! Fans of Shirley Jackson and Ruth Ware will love this. No one writes of family dynamics quite like Holly Seddon.’ – JACK JORDAN
Three sisters find themselves lost in a storm at night, and seek safety at Moirthwaite Manor, where their mother once worked. They are shocked to find the isolated mansion that loomed so large through their troubled childhoods has long been abandoned. Drawing straws to decide who should get help, one sister heads back into the darkness. With the siblings separated, the deadly secrets hidden in the house finally make themselves known and we learn the unspeakable secret that binds the family together.
You can pre-order it now from a range of retailers and receive it on the day of publication!
Get a signed edition from Goldsboro Books
Order from an independent book shop via Bookshop.org
Orion has acquired two mysteries by Holly Seddon with the first, Shelter, to publish as a lead title in summer 2023.
Editor Sam Eades acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Sophie Lambert at C&W.
Shelter tells the story of three sisters with “an unspeakable family secret” who find themselves in an isolated mansion, and has been hailed by Eades as “masterful”.
My fifth book, The Woman on the Bridge, is now available to pre-order in ebook and paperback.
How far would you go to save a perfect stranger?
Maggie is trapped. Dumped on her wedding day, rejected by her family and hounded by a man determined to make her suffer.
Charlotte is desperate. Double-crossed by her only friend and facing total ruin, she will go to any lengths to save what matters.
Two women, one night. A decision that will change everything.
The bookshops opened just in time for the release of The Hit List in paperback! It’s here, with a cover full of lovely quotes!
Available from WHSmiths, Amazon, Waterstones online, loads of independent bookstores and Bookshop.org.