Out
of print titles from classic crime writers, David Williams and Andrew Garve,
are now available in ebook format, priced at £7.99.
Bello,
Pan Macmillan’s new digital imprint, is republishing 20th century
classics for a 21st century audience. All titles are drawn from the
backlist of the prestigious Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency.
Paul
Winterton, under the pen name of Andrew Garve, wrote over forty-five books.
Many of these were serialized, televised, broadcast, filmed and translated into
some twenty languages. He was noted for his varied and unusual backgrounds –
which included Russia, newspaper offices, the West Indies, ocean sailing, the
Australian outback, politics, mountaineering and forestry – and for never
repeating a plot. Andrew Garve titles on the Bello list include The Narrow
Search, Prisoner’s Friend, The Cuckoo Line Affair and Murderer’s
Fen.
David
Williams was best known for his crime novel series featuring the banker Mark
Treasure and police inspector DI Parry. Three of his out of print titles
are published in ebook format today; Treasure by Post, Banking on
Murder and Prescription for Murder.
Jeremy Trevathan, Fiction Publisher at Pan Macmillan
says: “I'm so delighted to be bringing some classic crime and thriller fiction back
to life on Bello. Some of the authors we have here are real classics and reveal
what an amazing heritage of crime writing we have in the UK.
In particular I would single out David William's Mark
Treasure novels - including Murder for Treasure, which was short-listed
for the 1980 CWA Gold dagger - and classic thrillers from the renowned Frances
Durbridge. In the most recent release of reissues we have novels by Andrew
Garve - one of the pseudonyms of Paul Winterton, a founder member of the Crime
Writer's Association and its first (joint) secretary – whose novel The
Megstone Plot was made into the classic film, A Touch of Larceny,
starring James Mason, George Sanders and John Le Mesurier in 1959. Further
exciting crime and thriller releases will be coming from Bello throughout the
year. Watch this space!”
Bello will also make all titles available in Print on
Demand (POD) editions.
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