We’re delighted to announce that commissioning editor Kate Smith has acquired World All Language rights in e-book, paperback and audio, including film and TV, for three cosy crime novels set in the Pacific Northwest by author Kim Griswell.
Murder at Last Chance Cove is the first book in a new series packed with small-town coastal charm and a dose of murder. For travelling writer Saffi Graywood, Last Chance Cove, a stunning slice of the Oregon coast, seems the perfect place to write her next bestseller – until the RV park manager’s body appears on the beach beneath the lighthouse. In this close-knit coastal community where fog rolls in without warning and ravens watch from windswept trees, everyone has something to hide.
The first novel will be published in the summer 2025 with the second and third books following in September and November 2025.
Griswell says,
“What a thrill it is to have my cozy mystery series under the Storm umbrella with editor Kate Smith. I am beyond delighted.”
Smith says,
“I’m delighted to be working with Kim on her brilliant cosy crime series. Her writing evokes such a vivid sense of the Pacific Northwest setting and is packed with simply brilliant, unforgettable characters, not least Saffi Graywood herself. Fans of cosy crime are in for a huge treat next year!”
Find out more about Kim on her website, Instagram, Facebook and X.
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