Renard Press signs 'witty' novel from journalist Rowlatt

Renard Press has signed One Woman Crime Wave, the "witty" debut novel from journalist and event producer Bee Rowlatt which examines "how easily the fragile web of middle-class privilege can be torn". 

Editor Will Dady acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Michael Dean at Andrew Nurnberg Associates. 

The synopsis for the novel reads: "Fifteen-year-old Ashleigh is clever and charming, all too ready to rush to the rescue of parents in need of relief, and she soon becomes the neighbourhood’s favourite babysitter. But she has an appetite for secrets." 

Dady commented: "I’m absolutely delighted to have acquired One Woman Crime Wave. Bee is a writer whose non-fiction I hugely admire and a champion of rights whose compassion and humanity shines through in everything she does, and I’m thrilled we can offer her fiction a home. An extraordinary, witty tale that’s not afraid to push boundaries, this is an arresting novel, by turns both witty and movingly thought-provoking."