Margie Orford's latest ms stolen in smash-and-grab!
August 7, 2009
From book.co.za:In a suburban nightmare for her new publishers, the final, corrected manuscript for Margie Orford's latest Clare Hart thriller, Daddy's Girl, was stolen during a smash-and-grab outside the Woolworths food shop in Claremont's Belvedere Road yesterday.
"I'd just popped into Woolies for some milk, bread and a slab of Lindt 85% dark chocolate," said Jeremy Boraine, publisher at Jonathan Ball, who had been entrusted with the valuable work - which he left lying inside his briefcase on the driver's seat. "When I returned to my car, I saw a shower of glass... I ran - but it was too late."
Full story here.
The first of Margie Orford's Clare Hart thrillers, LIKE CLOCKWORK, is out from Atlantic in the UK. Rights to books in the series are also sold in France, Germany, Spain, Holland, Romania, the Czech Republic and Russia.
Praise for LIKE CLOCKWORK:
'A darkly gripping read.' - - Femina
'A skillfully crafted thriller.' - - Marie Claire
Praise for BLOOD ROSE:
'Margie Orford has nailed it. BLOOD ROSE is wonderfully crafted and fully engrossing. It's a book that stays with you ,even after the last page is turned.' - - Michael Connelly
'Margie Orford, South Africa's queen of crime writing...' - - Mail & Guardian
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