A sharp, gripping literary thriller with a lean towards the uncanny and unsettling.
Charles Lambert was shortlisted for the Polari Prize for LGBTQ+ writing in 2019 for his novel Prodigal, which also looks at the relationship between siblings.
Charles Lambert is a British writer living in Rome, where the book is set.
A focus on unlikeable female characters and dark themes in the vein of Lisa Taddeo's Animal or Annabel Lyon's Consent.
Charles Lambert has a literary fan club that includes Jenny Offill, author of Weather, Edward Carey, author of Little and Owen King.
Lambert's novel The Bone Flower will be published in late 2022. This menacing Gothic masterpiece will delight his established fanbase and place him with readers of dark, literary fiction.
Birthright will be a perfect pitch for crime and thriller outlets as well as literary fiction reviews and paperback slots.
Will be supported by a strong media campaign and a focus on the flourishing 'literary crime' fanbase.