Canelo set to publish Anything For You by Sophie McKenzie
February 22, 2024
Commissioning editor Siân Heap has acquired World English Language rights to a new psychological thriller by bestselling author Sophie McKenzie in a three-book deal. Rights were acquired from Eli Keren at United Agents.
Anything For You is a tense psychological thriller following Alison, who discovers her eighteen-year-old daughter, Lola, is dating a much older man, Brendan Zeno. Alison has her own history with Brendan and knows better than anyone how dangerous he can be. Determined to protect Lola, Alison decides she’ll do whatever it takes to keep them apart. But Alison quickly learns her actions have devastating consequences, and that her nightmare is only just beginning…
Sophie McKenzie is the Richard & Judy selected author of psychological thriller Close My Eyes and Sunday Times top ten bestseller Trust In Me. An author of over thirty titles, Sophie lives in London and has worked as a journalist, editor and creative writing tutor. Her many teen thrillers include the bestselling, multi-award-winning Girl, Missing.
Siân Heap says: ‘Anything For You is a masterful psychological thriller about the ripple effects of our secrets and lies. It forces us to wonder how well we really know the people we love and how far we’d go to protect them. Sophie is an absolute professional and brings all of her experience as the original Queen of the Teen Thriller to Alison and Lola’s relationship. I’m so excited to be working with her.’
Sophie McKenzie says: ‘I am SO excited to be joining Canelo for three new psychological thrillers. From our first meeting it’s been obvious what a fantastic editor Siân is – she really understands what I’m aiming for in my stories and always finds ways to bring out the best in them. My favourite books are the ones where we root for the main character from the start, totally engaged as she embarks on a powerfully dramatic journey involving impossible moral choices, devastating revelations and increasing levels of risk and danger. That is the kind of book I’ve tried to write in Anything For You!’
Anything For You will be published in January 2025, in mass market paperback and ebook, with two further standalone psychological thrillers to follow.
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