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Hot Key Books bags 'timely' thriller from Rosenblum
Hot Key Books has bagged The Sharp Edge of Silence, a "tense and timely" revenge thriller from debut author Cameron Kelly Rosenblum.
Ella Whiddett, editor, acquired UK and Commonwealth English language rights from Alessandra Birch on behalf of Alexandra Levick at Writers House. The novel will be published in April 2023.
The Sharp Edge of Silence addresses rape culture and toxic masculinity in the aftermath of a sexual assault on campus at Lycroft Phelps. Three students will "uncover just how fair their school will go to keep its ugly truths hidden".
Rosenblum said: “I’m absolutely thrilled to be publishing The Sharp Edge of Silence with Hot Key. My biggest hope for this book is that it provokes conversations around the fraught and often avoided topic of young people and sex. To envision my novel on bookshop shelves and in the hands of UK readers is a true career highpoint.”
Whiddett commented: “The Sharp Edge of Silence is a seething takedown of rape culture and toxic masculinity in schools, told with incredible authenticity and sensitivity through three very different characters’ eyes. Cameron’s writing will hook you, the message will rally you, and the story will stay with you long after you finish reading. We are incredibly proud to bring this important and powerful book to the Hot Key list and UK readers.”
