Helen FitzGerald
Helen FitzGerald writes teen fiction and thrillers. She’s been described as ‘a startling new talent in the edgier corner of the crime fiction scene.’ Her novels – Dead Lovely, My Last Confession, The Devil’s Staircase and Bloody Women – have been translated into numerous languages and widely praised as ‘glorious black comedy’ and ‘thinking women’s noir’. Her first teen fiction novel, Amelia O’Donohue is SO NOT a Virgin, is to be published in the US in 2010. Her fifth thriller is to be published by Faber and Faber in 2011.
“For quality chick-lit with a murderous twist, look no further than FitzGerald’s brand of thinking woman’s noir.” Sunday Telegraph
Books by Helen FitzGerald
Amelia O’Donohue is SO NOT a Virgin (for teenagers)
Everything’s going swimmingly at school for Rachel, until she finds a newborn baby in the cupboard.
Pub date: 2010
Sourcebooks: World rights (excluding UK)
My Last Confession
Tips for parole officers:
1. Don’t smuggle heroin into prison.
2. Don’t drink vodka to relieve stress.
3. Don’t French-kiss a colleague to get your boyfriend jealous.
4. Don’t snort speed.
5. Don’t spend more time with murderers than with your son.
6. Don’t invite crack-head clients to your party.
This is Krissie’s advice after being in the job for a month. She’s happy and in love, but her naivety and blind compassion plunge her into a shocking murder case that could jeopardise everything.
The case is that of Jeremy, who is on remand for the brutal murder of his mother-in-law. A tragic childhood accident combined with his lack of alibi seem to make it an open-and-shut case. But Krissie can’t help feeling there has been a miscarriage of justice and battles to secure his release.
A dark family secret is at the heart of the case, and Krissie is out of her depth. Because someone isn’t happy. Someone dangerous. Someone who will stop at nothing to get to her.
“Cool, classy and sexy, this is killer chick-lit” The Mirror
Published: 2009
UK/Commonwealth: Faber and Faber; Holland: Ambo/Anthos; Germany: Galiani; France: Calmann-Levy
All other rights: JBA
Dead Lovely
Krissie Donald has no desire to ‘settle down’. Committed men are hers for the taking, but she prefers explosive liaisons to any sort of full-blown relationship.
Krissie’s best friend, Sarah, couldn’t be more different. Married to a good-catch-doctor in her early twenties, it isn’t long before Sarah’s dying to start a family.
When Krissie becomes pregnant after a holiday dalliance in Tenerife, their relationship quickly begins to go awry. For Sarah, who’s been trying to conceive for what seems like forever, this seems painfully unfair, and things deteriorate further during a holiday in the Scottish Highlands with Sarah’s husband, Kyle.
What starts out as an enjoyable and much-needed break soon becomes a nightmarish combination of sexual tension, murder and mayhem ...
Published: 2008
UK/Commonwealth: Faber and Faber; Holland: Ambo/Anthos; Germany: Galiani; France: Calmann-Levy
All other rights: JBA