A look ahead: Avon’s 2022

A look ahead: Avon’s 2022 

Another year has come and gone, and what a year it has been. 2021 has been fantastic for Avon and 2022 is already shaping up to be a year of firsts for our award-winning imprint. 

Million-copy bestseller C.L. Taylor returns in January with the paperback publication of the Sunday Times bestseller Her Last HolidayAnd again in hardback in June 2022 with The Guilty Couple!  

Her Last Holiday

In 2022, we’ll also see the publication of a number of debut novels including A Spoonful of Murder by J.M. Hall, One Last Letter from Greece by Emma Cowell, Just Another Liar by Mandy Byatt and The Lighthouse by Fran Dorricott.

Avon Debut Authors

In February, Laura Jane Williams’ novella The Wrong Suitcase will be published in ebook and audiobook, with Laura narrating the romantic audiobook herself! And in the summer, her next unmissable romcom One Night With You will be released in paperback, ebook and audiobook, and will have you grinning from ear to ear. 

Laura Jane Williams 2022

Fans of DI Luc Callanach and DCI Ava Turner will be delighted that Helen Fields is back! One For Sorrow is out in March 2022 and readers are already calling it ‘her best yet!‘’. 

One For Sorrow by Helen Fields 2022

And if thrillers are your favourite reads, then don’t forget to pre-order your copy of Five Days Missing by Caroline Corcoran, Little Rumours by Bryony Pearce and When She Disappeared by Steph Mullin and Nicole Mabry.  

Avon Thriller Reads 2022

In Irish crime, we have two stellar books out in March, including The Nurse by Claire Allan – a heart-stopping suspense novel – and The Midnight Killing by Sharon Dempsey – a gripping police procedural. 

The Nurse and The Midnight Killing 2022

And if historical fiction is your favourite, then travel back in time with The Resistance Girl by Mandy Robotham and The Dressmaker’s Secret by Lorna Cook. 

In 2022, we’ll see the start of several brand new series! From a new historical series set at Bletchley Park, from Molly Green, to a brand new crime series set in Anglesey from Kindle bestseller, Simon McCleave. 

We also have a cosy crime series set in Yorkshire, beginning with A Spoonful of Murder by J.M. Hall, out in March 2022. 

A Spoonful of Murder by J.M. Hall

And finally, we’ll see the return of Alice Hunter with The Serial Killer’s Daughter out in July 2022. Available to pre-order now.  

There’s so much in the works for 2022; it’s going to be a BIG year for Avon. And we cannot wait to get started. 

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All that’s left to say is thank you for supporting Avon in 2021, and we’ll see you in 2022. Happy New Year! 

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