True Crime March 2006

Mainstream is delighted to be publishing it's first True Crime newsletter. True Crime has been a staple of our publishing programme for many years and when Random House bought 50% of the company in April last year, it was an area which they were particularly keen on.

Highlights have included THE DAMAGE DONE Twelve Years of Hell in a Bangkok Prison by Warren Fellows which set the precedent for a whole raft of prison books including PRISONER 13498 about a prison in China; HELL'S PRISONER about a prison in Indonesia and most recently, THE LONE BRIT ON 13 and CARABANCHEL about prison in Spain.

Other home grown bestseller have been THE FERRIS CONSPIRACY by Paul Ferris with Reg McKay and ESSEX BOYS by Bernard O'Mahoney.

To celebrate the launch of our newsletter we have compiled a True Crime bestseller list.

1. CUT-THROAT
2. LONE BRIT ON 13
3. CRIMELORD
4. ALIVE AND KICKING
5. HATELAND
6. HOOLIFAN
7. MOODY
8. WHITE GOLD
9. WHO WANTS IT
10. ESSEX BOYS

Nice to see that we have all corners of the UK covered from a crime perspective. The bestselling books range from as far North as the fishing community of Ullapool (WHITE GOLD) to the nightclubs of Essex in the South. We also have true crime stories from the Costa del Sol to Venezuela.

To find out more about our True Crime titles browse our web site at www.mainstreampublishing.com and to find out what is coming up in 2006 check out our new catalogue which is featured on our home page.

Best wishes
Fiona Brownlee
Marketing Director
www.mainstreampublishing.com