Ransom PR works to deliver bespoke strategic creative brand driven campaigns tailored to each author. See below for the campaigns we have done and shall be doing in the months to come.
SAS Bravo Three Zero’
by Des Powell and Damien Lewis
(Quercus £20)
Published by Quercus in late 2021, ‘SAS Bravo Three Zero’ by Sunday Times no 1 bestseller, WW2 SAS historian, Damien Lewis and SAS Gulf War veteran, Des Powell, is the true story of Des’s time deep behind enemy lines in the Iraqi desert in the First Gulf War with his eight man patrol Bravo Three Zero, the brother patrol to Andy McNab’s Bravo Two Zero. The book launched with a packed out event at The National Army Museum, followed by interviews on TV, broadcast, big hitting podcasts and in the nationals and a UK speaking tour where there were enthusiastic audiences despite the pandemic. It resulted in ‘SAS Bravo Three Zero’ selling over 4,000 copies in the first week of publication with sales building from there through to December.
Betrayal by David Gilman
(Head of Zeus £16.99)
‘well plotted and believable’ The Sun ‘A pleasingly old style take on the action genre. Beau geste.’ The Times
Published by Head of Zeus in January, ‘Betrayal’ the fast moving spy thriller featuring Dan Raglan by former script writer for ‘A Touch of Frost’, David Gilman, had a broad range of coverage in the media ranging from a feature in The Express to reviews in The Times, The Financial Times, Literary Review and others, complete with strong online coverage and a well-received blog tour around publication. See the ‘Media’ section of the website for more information and coverage.
One Bad Thing by MK Hill
(Head of Zeus £18.99)
'Everything a police procedural should be: sharp, funny, moving and tremendously exciting' The Times (Crime Book of the Month) on The Bad Place
For anybody looking for an absorbing thriller, look no further than ‘One Bad Thing’ by former Radio 2 producer, Mark Hill. A fast paced psychological thriller set against the stylish background of the broadcasting world, ‘One Bad Thing’ is ‘domestic noir’ at its best.
The Fall by Rachael Blok
(Head of Zeus £18.99)
‘Twisty, atmospheric and haunting’ (Erin Kelly on The Scorched Earth)
‘A powerful, eventful novel’ The Times (on The Scorched Earth)
Rachael Blok will be doing events & festivals after publication including Aye Write in Glasgow in May and Harrogate in July.
‘The bigger the sin, the further the fall’. ‘The Fall’ is the latest literary crime novel by Rachael Blok featuring DCI Maarten Jansen. Rachael is well respected by the media with reviews across a broad spectrum of nationals for her previous novels. Each novel so far has been focused on a landmark in the St Albans area. This time the novel is based around the stunning St Albans Cathedral. The history of the cathedral begs for some history in the story. With echoes of Milton at the beginning and themes of the changing treatment of women and the change to mental health treatment over the years, ‘The Fall’ digs into the past to find answers to the questions in the present.
The Dark Flood by Deon Meyer
(Hodder & Stoughton £16.99)
'If you want a glimpse of the soul of the new South Africa in all its glory, and with all the gory details of its problems and corruption, Meyer is your man.' -- The Guardian
‘The Dark Flood’ is the latest in the Griessel and Cupido detective series of South African crime novels by award winning novelist and screen writer, Deon Meyer.
The Dark Flood is as much a novel about two disgraced and demoted detectives investigating a missing persons case and a female estate agent dealing with a world of toxic masculinity as it is about their daily struggles to make relationships work and navigate life. It is a novel about greed. Corporate greed, greed born of desperation, greed for job status, how greed can make good people do bad things. But the backdrop is that of Stellenbosch: the stunningly beautiful wine capital of South Africa, home to millionaires and academics, thousands of bright-eyes students, and a handful of policemen and women trying to cope with it all.
The Flame of Resistance: The Untold Story of Josephine Baker’s Secret War by Damien Lewis (Quercus £20)
Published on 26th May, Sunday Times no 1 bestseller, Damien Lewis, will be doing a tour of the UK appearing at events and festivals in London, Glasgow, Wiltshire and elsewhere in the UK. Check here for more details.