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Pan Macmillan Publishing Director, Wayne Brookes, has acquired two brand new psychological thrillers by Hilary Bonner from Tony Peake. Brookes secured world rights for The Cruellest Game and one as yet untitled novel. The Cruellest Game is scheduled for publication in 2013. Hilary Bonner said: "I am absolutely thrilled to have joined Pan Macmillan and been given this wonderful opportunity to write stand-alone psychological thrillers. This without doubt marks a return to my roots and what I feel I do best. It also gives me the chance to work with Wayne Brookes, whom I have known and admired for many years. And I am pleased to be able to report that the first book, The Cruellest Game, is already well under way. It traces the calamitous sequence of events which befall an apparently near perfect family following unexpected revelations of lies and duplicity."

Wayne Brookes commented: "When I heard that Hilary wanted to write another thriller, I couldn't have been happier. She's the queen of the twist in the tale and The Cruellest Game is a fabulous example of expert plotting. Hilary is a wonderful storyteller and is the perfect fit for Pan Mac."

Hilary Bonner is the former Show Business Editor of the Daily Mirror and the Mail on Sunday. A former Chair of the Crime Writers' Association, she is the author of nine novels and five works of non-fiction and now lives in the West Country, where she was born and raised.