Unbound snaps up Tony White's new crime novel

Unbound, an international, crowdfunded publishing company, has snapped up a new standalone mystery by crime author Tony White. The novel marks the return of the “complex and compelling” London policeman, detective Sergeant Rex King. It continues White’s work based on the 90 days between the end of the miners’ strike and the Battle of the Beanfield at Stonehenge on 1st June 1985, reputedly the largest civilian mass arrest in British history, which he has been writing about for 10 years.

Senior commissioning editor Mathew Clayton bought world English-language rights to Phantom at the Feast from Sarah Such at the Sarah Such Literary Agency, for publication in November 2025. 

Clayton said: “I have long admired Tony White’s writing. His combination of bold experimentation interwoven with classic storytelling is unique. Phantom at the Feast is a gripping crime novel as well as a serious examination of the culture and operations of the police. With D S Rex King, Tony has created one of London’s all-time great anti-heroes. I am delighted that he, and Tony, are now part of the Unbound (crime) family.”

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