June online event

You can now register to attend our June events during #AvonBookFest

Come and listen to @SDRauthor and @BarnabyWalter in conversation with assistant editor @molly_ws on the 1st June at 12:30pm.https://t.co/lXgvRm3SBB

— Avon Books UK (@AvonBooksUK) April 20, 2020

#MyThreeBooks

I’m sharing #MyThreeBooks.
Adored #IAmTheCheese by Robert Cormier as a young teen.
At the moment, I’m totally engrossed in #TheBinding by Bridget Collins.
I can’t wait to read #Doggerland by @B05Smith.
Love to know what @Writer_Jenn & @JacquiAnnC’s three books are...@AvonBooksUK pic.twitter.com/GT5fpFP8Ty

— S.D. ROBERTSON (@SDRauthor) April 27, 2020

New look for older books

My first two books have each had a cover redesign. Here they are alongside my new novel, How to Save a Life, which is released in the UK on 11 June.

What do you think? Hope you like the fresh look as much as I do. I’d love to hear your thoughts on my Facebook page or Twitter account.

Cover reveal

Happy Friday! I’ve got a special treat for you this afternoon ahead of the UK release of my fifth novel, How to Save a Life, on 11 June.

I’m delighted to reveal the cover for the first time, which I hope you’ll agree looks fantastic. A great job, as usual, by the hardworking folk at my publisher, Avon HarperCollins.

Do let me know what you think of it on Twitter or Facebook.

I’ll be sure to keep you up to date with all the latest news in the run-up to publication. 

In the meantime, to make sure you can read it straight away on release day, you can pre-order your copy by clicking HERE. 

Book five is coming

I’m delighted to report that I’ve finished most of the editing work on my fifth novel, allowing me to take a break before I get to see the first page proofs in January.

My publisher and I have now settled on a final title of How to Save a Life. Check out the blurb above for a taste of what it’s all about.

How to Save a Life will be released in the UK on Thursday 11 June 2020.

That might sound quite far off, but it’s actually less than six months away. We’ll be there in no time.

What’s more, it’s already available to pre-order (click HERE). So what are you waiting for?

I’ll be providing regular updates between now and then on social media and, of course, here on my website. Watch this space.

In the meantime, I wish you all a wonderful festive period and a happy new year.

Book review

Plume by Will Wiles

I was over the moon when I heard Will Wiles had written a new novel.

His first two books, Care of Wooden Floors and The Way Inn, were both instant favourites, despite being wildly different from each other.

The former was like an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm written by Magnus Mills; the latter was pure surrealism, shifting from a satire about business conferences and hotel chains to something more akin to The Matrix or Christopher Nolan’s Inception.

So I wondered where on earth would Wiles go with book three. London, as it turns out, where we see a boozy magazine journalist slowly losing his grip, trapped in a dying industry while being swallowed up by modern city life.    

It’s a relentless and suffocatingly gripping story that’s perfectly observed, sinister and yet also wildly witty. 

Wiles is a very talented writer who really ought to be more widely known. I can’t wait to see what he comes up with next.

Plume is out now, published by Fourth Estate.

USA Today bestseller

Some exciting news from across the pond.

Hurrah! MY SISTER'S LIES by @SDRauthor is a @USATODAY BESTSELLER!!! This beautiful tear-jerker is the perfect read for Memorial Day weekend!https://t.co/UXZY2MDAub pic.twitter.com/FW9HxOncSX

— HarperCollins 360 (@Harper360) May 24, 2019