The British Book Awards - the shortlist
Also in its 35th edition Bookseller will award the British Book Awards, the prestigious prizes for British authors and works.
We are delighted to find three shortlisted authors, which our agency represents on behalf of Mushens Entertainment!
In the Crime & Thriller Book of the Year category, two super bestselling UK titles have been selected:
Richard Osman, We Solve Murders
Published in Italy by Feltrinelli (tr. Roberta Corradin)
Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He still does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar routines: the pub quiz, his favorite bench, his cat waiting for him at home. His days of adventure are over. Adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s job now.
Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. Working in private security, every day is dangerous. She’s currently on a remote island protecting mega-bestselling author Rosie D’Antonio, until a dead body and a bag of money mean trouble in paradise. So she sends an SOS to the only person she trusts . . .
As a thrilling race around the world begins, can Amy and Steve outrun and outsmart a killer?
Claire Douglas, The Wrong Sister 
You’ve known her all your life . . . Or have you?
Tasha and sister Alice look alike, but couldn’t be more different.
Tasha’s married with kids, settled near their home town of Bristol.
While Alice travels the world with her husband. Yet each trusts the other with her life.
So when Tasha wants a break,Alice offers to stay in her home with the kids, so her sister can have a holiday. Tasha knows they’re in safe hands. She couldn’t be more wrong.
The call sends Tasha rushing home. Alice is in intensive care. Her husband is dead.
The police are hunting for suspects and motives. But Tasha can’t think why anyone would hurt her sister. Then the note arrives, addressed to Tasha: It was supposed to be you . . .
In the Book of the Year - Pageturner shortlist we find:
Saara El-Arifi, Faebound
Published in Italy by Ne/oN (tr. Silvia Rosa)
Yeeran was born on the battlefield, has lived on the battlefield, and one day, she knows, she’ll die on the battlefield.
As a warrior in the elven army, Yeeran has known nothing but violence her whole life. Her sister, Lettle, is trying to make a living as a diviner, seeking prophecies of a better future. When a fatal mistake leads to Yeeran’s exile from the Elven Lands, both sisters are forced into the terrifying wilderness beyond their borders.
There they encounter the impossible: the fae court. The fae haven’t been seen for a millennium. But now Yeeran and Lettle are thrust into their seductive world, torn among their loyalties to each other, their elven homeland, and their hearts.
The winners in each Book of the Year category and the Overall Book of the Year will be unveiled at a ceremony taking place at JW Marriott Grosvenor House on 12th May 2025. Finger crossed for our authors!
