Mulholland Books (UK) is an imprint of

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, a British publishing house, now a division of Hachette UK. It specialises in the

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genre including crime novels, thrillers, police procedurals,

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and supernatural suspense

History

Mulholland Books at

is the sister of the Mulholland Books (US) imprint at Little, Brown US. Both imprints launched spring 2011. The imprint is named after Mulholland Drive – a winding stretch of road that follows the ridgeline of the Hollywood Hills. The mysteries of Mulholland have inspired countless novels, films and works of art, from the classic mysteries of

Raymond Chandler Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive durin ...

and

James M. Cain James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 – October 27, 1977) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is widely regarded as a progenitor of the hardboiled school of American crime fiction. His novels ''The Postman Always Rings Twice ...

to the voices of James Ellroy, Michael Connelly, Michael Mann,

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and David Hockney. Building on that history, Mulholland Books aims to publish the best

. Authors currently include Sabine Durrant, David Mark,

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, Warren Ellis, Sarah Alderson,

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and

Joe R. Lansdale Joe Richard Lansdale (born October 28, 1951) is an American writer and martial arts instructor. A prose writer in a variety of genres - Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense - he's also written comic books and screenplays. Se ...

. Mulholland have also published 35 of Leslie Charteris’s solo

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novels.

Notable publications

* ''Guilt by Association'' – Marcia Clark (2011) * ''The Revisionists'' – Thomas Mullen (2011) * ''Fun and Games'' – Duane Swierczynski (2011) * ''Hell and Gone'' – Duane Swierczynski (2011) * ''Triple Crossing'' – Sebastian Rotella (2011) * ''Black Light'' – Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan and Stephen Romano * ''Alpha'' – Greg Rucka (2012) * ''Crossbones Yard'' –

Kate Rhodes Kate Rhodes (born 1964, in London) is a British poet and novelist. In 1993 she completed a Ph.D. on the work of Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, ...

(2012) * ''Guilt by Degrees'' – Marcia Clark (2012) * ''The Right Hand'' – Derek Haas (2012) * ''Edge of Dark Water'' –

(2012) * ''Breed'' – Chase Novak, pseudonym of Scott Spencer (2012) * ''Fifteen Digits'' –

Nick Santora Nick Santora (born 1970) is a writer and producer born in Queens, New York. He won the Best Screenplay of the Competition in the New York City Independent International Film Festival. He has also written and/or produced ''The Sopranos'', ''The ...

(2012) * ''The Iron Will of Shoeshine Cats'' –

Hesh Kestin Hesh Kestin is an American journalist and novelist. Kestin describes his novels as "fiction hung upon a framework of the real". Childhood and education Kestin was born in New York City. He immigrated to Israel in 1970, but spent time living in E ...

(2012) * ''

Enter the Saint ''Enter the Saint'' is a collection of three interconnected adventure novellas by Leslie Charteris first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder and Stoughton in October 1930, followed by an American edition by The Crime Club in April 1931. T ...

'' – Leslie Charteris (December 2012) * ''Gun Machine'' – Warren Ellis (2013) * ''Point and Shoot'' – Duane Swierczynski (2013) * ''The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra'' –

(2015) * ''Lie With Me'' – Sabine Durrant (2016) * ''Take Me In'' – Sabine Durrant (2018)

External links

Mulholland Books UK

Hodder & Stoughton

Mulholland Books US

References

{{Lagardère Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom