Mardle Books secures 'powerful' memoir from Williams about daughter's murder

Mardle Books has secured Our Georgia by Lynnette Williams with journalist Robin Eveleigh, a book described as "a shocking indictment of young women failed by the authorities who should have been protecting them". 

Jo Sollis, editor, acquired world all language rights directly from the authors. The book will be released on 25th May to commemorate Georgia 10 years after her death. 

Our Georgia is a "powerful and moving" memoir which details the aftermath of Georgia Williams’ murder. She was killed in 2013 by "college pal" Jamie Reynolds. The publisher continued: "But when Georgia’s devastated mother Lynnette and father Steve questioned the events leading to their daughter’s death, they discovered it was also entirely preventable. At the time of Georgia’s disappearance, Steve was—ironically—a highly commended murder squad detective serving with West Mercia Police. 

"The same force, Steve and Lynnette discovered, had had Reynolds in its sights for years before Georgia’s murder but let him slip their net. Drawing on Steve’s inside police knowledge, the couple exposed the litany of failures that let Reynolds infiltrate their daughter’s life and allowed him to kill."