We are thrilled to announce that Jo Bell has sold world rights to Murder at Holly House and one Untitled novel by bestselling author Denzil Meyrick, to Senior Commissioning Editor Finn Cotton, at Transworld!
Publishing in hardback in October 2023, Murder at Holly House is a dazzling Christmas murder mystery set in a snow-covered Yorkshire village in 1952. Introducing the inimitable Inspector Frank Grasby, this novel has everything that Denzil’s dedicated fans have come to expect. Full of twists and unexpected betrayals, it is both a puzzling who-dunnit and a thrilling, humorous journey through a dangerous country in the fall-out from World War Two.
Finn Cotton said:
I have long been a fan of Denzil’s brilliant stories, so I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with him at the start of this exciting new stage in his career. His darkly humorous, atmospheric, page-turning novels have earned him a huge following and critical acclaim. We can’t wait to bring his writing to even more readers.
Denzil said:
I’m absloutely thrilled to be joining the Transworld family. Finn is so collabarative, enthisiastic, bursting with ideas. As a writer, this is the kind of move one dreams about. I know that he and the brilliant team at Transworld will take my writing to ever-greater heights.
Every book in Denzil Meyrick’s DCI Daley series has been a bestseller across platforms, topping the charts on the likes of Audible and Kindle. The Daley series is being adapted for television by Fudge Park, the award-winning producers of The Inbetweeners movies, and Ocean Independent Productions. Meyrick himself is an executive producer on the project.
