Ben Willis
@benwillisuk.bsky.social
Crime fiction publishing guy at Bonnier Books UK.
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Some intriguing #bookmail this week - the debut spy thriller 'A Spy In The Blood' from Paul Warner. Really looking forward to digging into this one! Many thanks to @benwillisuk.bsky.social and @zaffrebooks.bsky.social for sending me the proof. Releases on January 29th 2026.
November 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Some intriguing #bookmail this week - the debut spy thriller 'A Spy In The Blood' from Paul Warner. Really looking forward to digging into this one! Many thanks to @benwillisuk.bsky.social and @zaffrebooks.bsky.social for sending me the proof. Releases on January 29th 2026.
Jo Spain to @ZaffreBooks here we go!
Hugely honoured to bring the incredible no.1 bestselling thriller writer to @bonnierbooks_uk. Never To Be Found is stunning and I can't wait for you all to read it. www.thebookseller.com/rights/bonni...
Hugely honoured to bring the incredible no.1 bestselling thriller writer to @bonnierbooks_uk. Never To Be Found is stunning and I can't wait for you all to read it. www.thebookseller.com/rights/bonni...
Bonnier acquires three books by Jo Spain
Bonnier’s adult fiction imprint Zaffre has acquired three new titles by Jo Spain in a six-figure deal.
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June 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Jo Spain to @ZaffreBooks here we go!
Hugely honoured to bring the incredible no.1 bestselling thriller writer to @bonnierbooks_uk. Never To Be Found is stunning and I can't wait for you all to read it. www.thebookseller.com/rights/bonni...
Hugely honoured to bring the incredible no.1 bestselling thriller writer to @bonnierbooks_uk. Never To Be Found is stunning and I can't wait for you all to read it. www.thebookseller.com/rights/bonni...
Deadly Animals made the shortlist for the Crime Novel of the Year! The only debut on a list packed with incredible books.
Last year it won the McDermid Debut Award. It's also been shortlisted for a CWA Dagger, Fingerprint Award, ITW First Novel Award.
You need to read it.
Last year it won the McDermid Debut Award. It's also been shortlisted for a CWA Dagger, Fingerprint Award, ITW First Novel Award.
You need to read it.
The suspects are in... 🕵️♀️ We're thrilled to reveal the shortlists for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year and the McDermid Debut Award 2025!
Discover who made the cut! 👇
bit.ly/Shortlist2025
@waterstones.bsky.social @express.co.uk
Discover who made the cut! 👇
bit.ly/Shortlist2025
@waterstones.bsky.social @express.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Deadly Animals made the shortlist for the Crime Novel of the Year! The only debut on a list packed with incredible books.
Last year it won the McDermid Debut Award. It's also been shortlisted for a CWA Dagger, Fingerprint Award, ITW First Novel Award.
You need to read it.
Last year it won the McDermid Debut Award. It's also been shortlisted for a CWA Dagger, Fingerprint Award, ITW First Novel Award.
You need to read it.
Another wonderful award nod for the brilliant DEADLY ANIMALS, this time from @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Another wonderful award nod for the brilliant DEADLY ANIMALS, this time from @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social
Incredibly proud to see Deadly Animals longlisted for the @thecwa.bsky.social Gold and John Creasey First Novel Daggers! It's also shortlisted for the
@capitalcrime.bsky.social
Debut Award and an ITW Best First Novel finalist. If you haven't read it yet, I urge you to! It's brilliant.
@capitalcrime.bsky.social
Debut Award and an ITW Best First Novel finalist. If you haven't read it yet, I urge you to! It's brilliant.
April 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Incredibly proud to see Deadly Animals longlisted for the @thecwa.bsky.social Gold and John Creasey First Novel Daggers! It's also shortlisted for the
@capitalcrime.bsky.social
Debut Award and an ITW Best First Novel finalist. If you haven't read it yet, I urge you to! It's brilliant.
@capitalcrime.bsky.social
Debut Award and an ITW Best First Novel finalist. If you haven't read it yet, I urge you to! It's brilliant.
All-round excellent bloke and award-winning crime author @whusseyauthor.bsky.social has a new book out today! Burying Jericho - the 3rd in the Jericho Thriller series - hits the shelves in its glorious hardback format.
April 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
All-round excellent bloke and award-winning crime author @whusseyauthor.bsky.social has a new book out today! Burying Jericho - the 3rd in the Jericho Thriller series - hits the shelves in its glorious hardback format.
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Happy publication day to this fab stack of books!
💘 Any Trope But You by Victoria Lavine
🪦 Burying Jericho by William Hussey
🔪 Crucified by Lynda La Plante
🗝️ I Will Find the Key by by Alex Ahndoril
Available now!
💘 Any Trope But You by Victoria Lavine
🪦 Burying Jericho by William Hussey
🔪 Crucified by Lynda La Plante
🗝️ I Will Find the Key by by Alex Ahndoril
Available now!
April 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Happy publication day to this fab stack of books!
💘 Any Trope But You by Victoria Lavine
🪦 Burying Jericho by William Hussey
🔪 Crucified by Lynda La Plante
🗝️ I Will Find the Key by by Alex Ahndoril
Available now!
💘 Any Trope But You by Victoria Lavine
🪦 Burying Jericho by William Hussey
🔪 Crucified by Lynda La Plante
🗝️ I Will Find the Key by by Alex Ahndoril
Available now!
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🚨1 WEEK TO GO!!!🚨
Next Thursday marks the publication of a case like no other for crime fiction’s first EVER Traveller detective.
After BURYING JERICHO, nothing will ever be the same again…
Preorders links here 🕵️♂️🎡🐦⬛ geni.us/burying-jericho
Next Thursday marks the publication of a case like no other for crime fiction’s first EVER Traveller detective.
After BURYING JERICHO, nothing will ever be the same again…
Preorders links here 🕵️♂️🎡🐦⬛ geni.us/burying-jericho
April 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🚨1 WEEK TO GO!!!🚨
Next Thursday marks the publication of a case like no other for crime fiction’s first EVER Traveller detective.
After BURYING JERICHO, nothing will ever be the same again…
Preorders links here 🕵️♂️🎡🐦⬛ geni.us/burying-jericho
Next Thursday marks the publication of a case like no other for crime fiction’s first EVER Traveller detective.
After BURYING JERICHO, nothing will ever be the same again…
Preorders links here 🕵️♂️🎡🐦⬛ geni.us/burying-jericho
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Sharpen your knives! My sequel to BAD MEN—in which charming serial killer Saffy Huntley-Oliver murders a shopping list full of terrible men whilst looking fabulous—is called BODY COUNT and will be published in August by @zaffrebooks.bsky.social #booksky @benwillisuk.bsky.social
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Alt: a row of cozzini knives are lined up on a magnetic knife rack
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March 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Sharpen your knives! My sequel to BAD MEN—in which charming serial killer Saffy Huntley-Oliver murders a shopping list full of terrible men whilst looking fabulous—is called BODY COUNT and will be published in August by @zaffrebooks.bsky.social #booksky @benwillisuk.bsky.social
Wishing a happy paperback publication day to the legend that is @davidfennell.bsky.social - A VIOLENT HEART is out today! It is stunning - go grab your copy
February 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Wishing a happy paperback publication day to the legend that is @davidfennell.bsky.social - A VIOLENT HEART is out today! It is stunning - go grab your copy
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After a year of freelancing I've finally got a website up and running. Authors and publishers – please do get in touch for all your editing and writing needs (fiction & non-fiction)! Here are some things I've worked on: www.richardropereditor.com/portfolio
Portfolio | Roper Editorial
The books I have written and some of the ones I have worked on, including those by James Acaster, Katy Wix, Peter Ross, Frank Turner, and debut novels by Evan Porter and Anna Johnson.
www.richardropereditor.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
After a year of freelancing I've finally got a website up and running. Authors and publishers – please do get in touch for all your editing and writing needs (fiction & non-fiction)! Here are some things I've worked on: www.richardropereditor.com/portfolio
We are about to hit print on another advanced reader proof run of this - hit me up if you'd like to read! It really is stunning. As a colleague put it: 'Completely traumatised, it’s amazing'
It’s the hope that kills . . .
The poignant and brilliantly clever new thriller from
@liammcilvanney.bsky.social , The Good Father is coming July 3, 2025. Don’t miss it—pre-order your copy now: geni.us/TheGoodFather
The poignant and brilliantly clever new thriller from
@liammcilvanney.bsky.social , The Good Father is coming July 3, 2025. Don’t miss it—pre-order your copy now: geni.us/TheGoodFather
February 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We are about to hit print on another advanced reader proof run of this - hit me up if you'd like to read! It really is stunning. As a colleague put it: 'Completely traumatised, it’s amazing'
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It’s the hope that kills . . .
The poignant and brilliantly clever new thriller from
@liammcilvanney.bsky.social , The Good Father is coming July 3, 2025. Don’t miss it—pre-order your copy now: geni.us/TheGoodFather
The poignant and brilliantly clever new thriller from
@liammcilvanney.bsky.social , The Good Father is coming July 3, 2025. Don’t miss it—pre-order your copy now: geni.us/TheGoodFather
February 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It’s the hope that kills . . .
The poignant and brilliantly clever new thriller from
@liammcilvanney.bsky.social , The Good Father is coming July 3, 2025. Don’t miss it—pre-order your copy now: geni.us/TheGoodFather
The poignant and brilliantly clever new thriller from
@liammcilvanney.bsky.social , The Good Father is coming July 3, 2025. Don’t miss it—pre-order your copy now: geni.us/TheGoodFather
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Getting a bit realistic now. The Good Father out on 3 July…
January 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Getting a bit realistic now. The Good Father out on 3 July…
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February 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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🚨Cover Reveal This Wednesday🚨
HE IS BACK.
Are you ready for the JERICHO 3 reveal?!
Keep your eyes peeled this Wednesday for the return of crime fiction’s first Traveller Detective in his most baffling and devastating case yet…
HE IS BACK.
Are you ready for the JERICHO 3 reveal?!
Keep your eyes peeled this Wednesday for the return of crime fiction’s first Traveller Detective in his most baffling and devastating case yet…
January 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🚨Cover Reveal This Wednesday🚨
HE IS BACK.
Are you ready for the JERICHO 3 reveal?!
Keep your eyes peeled this Wednesday for the return of crime fiction’s first Traveller Detective in his most baffling and devastating case yet…
HE IS BACK.
Are you ready for the JERICHO 3 reveal?!
Keep your eyes peeled this Wednesday for the return of crime fiction’s first Traveller Detective in his most baffling and devastating case yet…
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Exciting book post to come home to from Goldsboro, my pre order of A Cold Wind From Moscow by Rory Clements published on Thursday. The Tom Wilde series is a joy to read set during WWII @goldsborobooks.bsky.social @zaffrebooks.bsky.social #AColdWindFromMoscow #BookSky
January 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Exciting book post to come home to from Goldsboro, my pre order of A Cold Wind From Moscow by Rory Clements published on Thursday. The Tom Wilde series is a joy to read set during WWII @goldsborobooks.bsky.social @zaffrebooks.bsky.social #AColdWindFromMoscow #BookSky
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With the paperback release of Dandy Smith's novel The Wrong Daughter today, we talk to the Somerset-based writer about this thriller and her approach.
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It's an inspiring story for any author, and she's going from strength to strength.
@bonnierbooks.bsky.social
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It's an inspiring story for any author, and she's going from strength to strength.
@bonnierbooks.bsky.social
January 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
With the paperback release of Dandy Smith's novel The Wrong Daughter today, we talk to the Somerset-based writer about this thriller and her approach.
crimefictionlover.com/2025/01/inte...
It's an inspiring story for any author, and she's going from strength to strength.
@bonnierbooks.bsky.social
crimefictionlover.com/2025/01/inte...
It's an inspiring story for any author, and she's going from strength to strength.
@bonnierbooks.bsky.social
I'm now back at my desk after a stint of parental leave. Agent friends, keep me in mind for any brilliant crime/thriller submissions!
January 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I'm now back at my desk after a stint of parental leave. Agent friends, keep me in mind for any brilliant crime/thriller submissions!
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We're wrapping up the year with top fives from all our crime fiction reviewers. Here's @SandraMangan_ aka DeathBecomesHer, whose selection this year is based in Britain 🇬🇧
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DeathBecomesHer: Top Five Books of 2024 | Crime Fiction Lover
Our long-time contributor Sandra Mangan – AKA DeathBecomesHer – has a stellar list of UK crime reads for you this year
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December 27, 2024 at 11:04 AM
We're wrapping up the year with top fives from all our crime fiction reviewers. Here's @SandraMangan_ aka DeathBecomesHer, whose selection this year is based in Britain 🇬🇧
crimefictionlover.com/2024/12/deat...
crimefictionlover.com/2024/12/deat...
So chuffed the brilliant @crimefictionlover.bsky.social picked Deadly Animals as an editor's choice for debut of the year. Thank you!
December 10, 2024 at 8:12 AM
So chuffed the brilliant @crimefictionlover.bsky.social picked Deadly Animals as an editor's choice for debut of the year. Thank you!
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It’s Monday and I have to share the moment when Gillian Anderson noticed my book @benwillisuk.bsky.social @zaffrebooks.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 10:17 AM
It’s Monday and I have to share the moment when Gillian Anderson noticed my book @benwillisuk.bsky.social @zaffrebooks.bsky.social
It truly is ❤️
November 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM
It truly is ❤️
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daily reminder to support your local library, even if that’s just by checking out ebooks! 📚
November 17, 2024 at 1:04 PM
daily reminder to support your local library, even if that’s just by checking out ebooks! 📚
Looking for more author starter lists, if anyone knows of any, please share 🙏🏻
November 18, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Looking for more author starter lists, if anyone knows of any, please share 🙏🏻