HarperFiction snaps up two new thrillers in Sam Holland’s Major Crime series

Sam Holland, author of The Echo Man and The Twenty, has signed another two-book deal continuing her Major Crime series with HarperFiction.

Julia Wisdom, publisher of crime and thrillers at HarperFiction, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (including Canada) for a further two further books, as yet untitled. The deal was struck with Ed Wilson at Johnson & Alcock and the books will be published in hardback in spring 2024 and 2025. The Echo Man was Holland’s debut and The Twenty will be published on 11th May 2023.

Holland said: “I am thrilled to be continuing my journey with HarperCollins for two more books. The publication of The Echo Man has been everything I dreamed of, and I can’t wait to return to Griffin and Elliott in book three and inflict more horrors. Writing The Twenty was a huge amount of fun, and I’m looking forward to hearing what readers think of DCI Adam Bishop and Dr Romilly Cole as they live through the shocking countdown of death in their race to catch the killer.”

Wisdom described Holland as “a bright new star in the crime genre” who is “certainly on the ascendant with The Twenty and her further two upcoming books.

“We were excited to see the response to The Echo Man, and we are really pleased that we’ll be developing Sam’s excellent Major Crimes series,” she said.

Ed Wilson said: “I’m running out of superlatives to describe Sam Holland—she writes about the most shocking things in the most beautiful way, and her readers around the world love her for it. A truly exceptional thriller writer, with a body-count to die for. Huge thanks to the team at HarperCollins, who have embraced the blood and gore with aplomb. Here’s to two more books, and hopefully many more after that.”