{"id":79068,"date":"2025-08-20T01:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T01:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/79068\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T01:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T01:54:08","slug":"ss-acquires-kitchings-next-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/79068\/","title":{"rendered":"S&#038;S acquires Kitching\u2019s next thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tWednesday, 20 August 2025 \u00a0 Books+Publishing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/booksandpublishing\/\" class=\"entry-social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> @booksandpublishing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Simon &amp; Schuster Australia (S&amp;S) has acquired world rights to The Secrets of Strangers by Jess Kitching, in a deal brokered by Daniel Pilkington at the Pilkington Agency.<\/p>\n<p>The Secrets of Strangers , a thriller, follows author Janine who, after moving to a small village with her husband, gets caught up in a case about a missing woman.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018After suffering a loss, Janine and her husband need a fresh start. They leave their family and everything they know in Manchester and move to picturesque Lancashire village Bamblethorpe, where they expect nothing but peace and quiet. It\u2019ll be just what Janine, a thriller writer, needs to work on her next manuscript,\u2019 said the publisher. \u2018But the peace of their new village life is disrupted when longtime local Alexa Clarke goes missing. Did she leave her husband like some people suspect? Or is there credibility to the rumours that something more nefarious has happened to Alexa?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Based in Canberra, Kitching is the author of several books, including her most recent novel, The Life Experiment (S&amp;S).<\/p>\n<p>S&amp;S publisher Anthea Bariamis said, \u2018[The Secrets of Strangers] has all the markings of Jess\u2019 unique voice, combining a gripping plot and surprising twists and turns with so much heart.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Kitching said, \u2018I am so excited for readers to read The Secrets of Strangers \u2013 it has my favourite plot twist I\u2019ve written to date!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>S&amp;S plans to publish The Secrets of Strangers in May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Jess Howell. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"catlist\">Category: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/?category_name=local-news\" class=\"catitem\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local\u00a0news<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/?category_name=rights-news\" class=\"catitem\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rights\u00a0and\u00a0acquisitions<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, 20 August 2025 \u00a0 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Simon &amp; Schuster Australia (S&amp;S) has acquired world rights to The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[1296,428,7579,7582,7575,7578,457,7581,5494,96,7577,620,7580,7576,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-79068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-books","tag-asia-pacific","tag-australia","tag-author-interviews","tag-book-awards","tag-book-news","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-bookseller-jobs","tag-ebooks","tag-entertainment","tag-library-news","tag-new-zealand","tag-publishing-jobs","tag-publishing-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}