@orendabooks.bsky.social
Indie publisher of bold, unforgettable international fiction, half in translation. Shortlisted IPG Best Newcomer 2015/16. CWA Crime & Mystery Publisher of the Year 2020. Nibbies Finalist Small Press of the Year. Visit us at www.orendabooks.co.uk.
THRILLED to announce that Simone Buchholz's #Sharks (t. by Rachel Ward) has been reviewed in @thetimes.com !!😍🙌⭐️
'As much a character study as the story of a crime … full of startling images and sudden movements, that will thrill cynics and romantics alike'
Read the rest here😍:
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It's #WorldBookDay and time to READ THE WORLD with our fabulous international #giveaway!
Ends 12.03.26. UK only!
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BEAUTIFUL review of #Catherine: a retelling of #WutheringHeights by @essiefox.bsky.social!!😍💙
"This retelling encapsulates the very essence of Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw’s fateful relationship"
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Great read
04.03.2026 17:06 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Review: Sharks crimebookgirl.com/2026/03/03/r...
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🎉UK ONLY GIVEAWAY 🎉
Over on FB/IG/X I am running a giveaway for this gorgeous book (links in bio)
I have ONE copy of Catherine by Essie Fox to give away courtesy of Orenda Books.
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New ReviewShow Mar.26
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My next tea is the debut gothic novel from Stephanie Bramwell Lawes, Thornby Manor. Out 23rd April from @orendabooks.bsky.social
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"In Catherine I have found a new favourite read on par with Wuthering Heights and it is one I would highly recommend."
We feel the ABSOLUTE same about #Catherine: a retelling of #WutheringHeights by @essiefox.bsky.social 😍💙
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Book “Bad Influence” by Will Carver. A 3d hash sign, from which hang lights and CCTV cameras. Two figures reach down through the central square. Below, a single blue pill.
Final #Bookpost for tonight is by @willcarver.bsky.social (I’ve missed his world of moral noir). Bad Influence is out in June from @orendabooks.bsky.social #Booksky 💙📚
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Book “The Bone Mother” by Suzy Aspley. An unsettling design with a central animal skull surrounded by radiating, pointed spurs.
And there’s more! The #Bookpost is The Bone Mother, out from @orendabooks.bsky.social in May. It’s by Suzy Aspley. A disturbing crime mystery set in the Highlands. #Booksky 💙📚
03.03.2026 20:10 — 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Book “Thorny Manor” by Stephanie Bramwell-Lawes. In dark shades of red and brown, an intricate pattern of abstract swirls is cut away to show a partly obscured face, and a brooding mansion on a cliff.
Also out next month from @orendabooks.bsky.social is Thornby Manor by Stephanie Bramwell-Lawes. This book exudes the Gothic! #Booksky 📚💙
03.03.2026 20:05 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Two books by Doug Johnstone - “The Ossians” and “Tombstoning”. “The Ossians” has a road twisting into a bare, mountainous landscape. A broken guitar lies on the tarmac, tyre marks visible beyond it. “Tombstoning” features blue, choppy water with a hand and arm reaching down.
More #bookpost from @orendabooks.bsky.social - two reissues of early @dougjohnstone.bsky.social! Tombstoning (out now!) and The Ossians (out next month). Pretty! #Booksky 💙📚
03.03.2026 19:57 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Book “Reaper” by Vanda Symon. The graffiti’s concrete supports of a bridge, seen across water. In the distance, the bright lights and skyscrapers of a distant city.
And here’s some #Bookpost from lovely @orendabooks.bsky.social. Reaper by @vandasymon.bsky.social is out next week - another visit to New Zealand’s City of Shadows for a gritty murder mystery. Reviewing soon! #BookSky 📚💙
03.03.2026 19:50 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Twenty-three years ago, a young woman was murdered on the Swedish island of Lidingö.
The island has kept its silence.
Until now…
#ScarsOfSilence the HIGHLY ANTICIPATED #SEQUEL to #YuleIsland by Johana Gustawsson (t. David Warriner) IS OUT NOW!😍
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Simone Buchholz’s #SHARKS, translated by @racheltranslates.bsky.social, is OUT NOW😍
The latest in the award-winning #AChastityRileyInvestigationSeries❤️
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#Tombstoning by @dougjohnstone.bsky.social returns in a must-have #20thAnniversaryEdition, complete with a fresh introduction by @brookmyre.bsky.social😍 💙
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The unmissable finale to the chilling, twisty, award-winning #AnÁróraInvestigationSeries by @liljawriter.bsky.social (t. Lorenza Garcia) is AVAILABLE NOW😍
Perfect for readers of Camilla Läckberg, Karin Slaughter, Eva Björg Ægisdóttir and Jo Nesbø.🙌
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"Gripping, intelligent and emotionally resonant, this is a novel that stands the test of time, and one I wholeheartedly recommend."
We agree wholeheartedly about #Tombstoning by @dougjohnstone.bsky.social 😍🙌
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This review for #Tombstoning by @dougjohnstone.bsky.social 😍😍🙌
"This was a fantastic trip back in time, and as always, I am looking forward to seeing what Doug Johnstone does next!"
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"Simone Buchholz and Rachel Ward bring us a story we didn’t know we needed"
We feel the same way about #Sharks😍😍🙌
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Print: 🔗 geni.us/exQQI0
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"There is a supernatural element to Wuthering Heights and Essie Fox approaches this really well."
BEAUTIFUL review for #Catherine: a retelling of #WutheringHeights by @essiefox.bsky.social!!😍💙💙
Get yours NOW!🙌
Hardback: 🔗 geni.us/hdV1
Ebook: 🔗 geni.us/79FJv
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A very Norfolk scene with the old gatehouse to some hall or other, blue sky with white clouds, a barred gate, a finger signpost to Wymondham and a hawthorn hedge coming into blossom
My hand holding a copy of Sharks by Simone Buchholz above the box in which they were delivered. You can see the back covers of two more, one right way up and one upside down. The cover is dark blue with neon green for the title and a neon sign of a shark jaw in pink and a bunch of green keys above the Hamburg skyline. Text: For the first time in a long time, I found a book I simply couldn't put down-and I didn't want it to end... A truly fantastic read Leye Adenle SIMONE BUCHHOLZ WINNER OF THE CWA CRIME IN TRANSLATION DAGGER SHARKS A CHASTITY RILEY INVESTIGATION "Taut, compulsive and laced with humour as dark as its selling... Chastity Riley is the perfect anti-hero for our times' Rod Reynolds
Gorgeous morning for a bike ride and then home to exciting book post from @orendabooks.bsky.social
My translation of #Sharks by @ohneklippo.bsky.social !
🦈😎💙📚🍻🥂🍾🥳🚲🚴♀️
#booksky #ChastityReloaded #QueenOfKrimi
💀 20 YEARS OF TOMBSTONING 💀
Still bold. Still shocking. Still unmissable.
Celebrate @dougjohnstone.bsky.social’s powerful debut with this special anniversary edition + a NEW introduction by @brookmyre.bsky.social💙
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Still not over this #BookTrailer for Johana Gustawsson's (t. David Warriner) HIGHLY ANTICIPATED #SEQUEL to #YuleIsland titled #ScarsOfSilence🙌😍
Twenty-three years ago, a young woman was murdered.
The island has kept its silence.
Until now…
OUT NOW😱
🔗https://geni.us/Px0cs
AMAZING review of #Tombstoning by @dougjohnstone.bsky.social for the #20thAnniversaryEdition 😍💙
'Johnstone has been unafraid to really dig down into the subject of death, physically, spiritually or biologically'
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The #AChastityRileyInvestigationSeries by Simone Buchholz continues with #SHARKS (translated by @racheltranslates.bsky.social)😍
Dark. Piercing. Addictive.
Winner of the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger 🏆
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Revisit the novel that launched @dougjohnstone.bsky.social’s career — #Tombstoning — now in a stunning #20thAnniversaryEdition!
Featuring a new intro by @brookmyre.bsky.social .
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Ebook: 🔗https://geni.us/c10i
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The FINAL instalment of the #AnÁróraInvestigationSeries by @liljawriter.bsky.social (t. Lorenza Garcia) is OUT NOW😍
When the chief suspect in the disappearance of Áróra’s sister is found dead, she is drawn into a shocking case that threatens everything😱
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Twenty years. One unforgettable debut.
The #20thAnniversaryEdition of #Tombstoning by @dougjohnstone.bsky.social has arrived💙
With a brand-new introduction by @brookmyre.bsky.social!
Dive back into the tension…
Print: 🔗https://geni.us/Mb0bqB
Ebook: 🔗https://geni.us/c10i
