I’m excited to be able to share that my new novel PHANTOM AT THE FEAST will be published by No Exit Press (an imprint of Bedford Square Publishers) in June 2026, followed by a reissue on No Exit Press of the previous DS Rex King novel THE FOUNTAIN IN THE FOREST. See the trade announcement in today’s The Bookseller!
With thanks to Chris Dorley-Brown for the new author photos, shot in subterranean Smithfield, London.
Launch info and events to follow in the new year. I can’t wait to see you on the road.
From the press release:
Bedford Square Publishers are delighted to announce the acquisition for their award-winning No Exit Press imprint of Tony White’s new novel PHANTOM AT THE FEAST from Sarah Such at the Sarah Such Literary Agency of UK and Commonwealth rights including Canada, alongside rights to reissue the previous novel in the series featuring DS Rex King THE FOUNTAIN IN THE FOREST, which had been published to much critical acclaim by Faber & Faber. A gripping crime novel with acute social insights into the state of Britain, PHANTOM AT THE FEAST and its companion volume are innovative narratives combining formal innovation with a gritty plot evoking the books of Jake Arnott, Italo Calvino and Paul Auster.
Scheduled for publication in June 2026, Tony White’s series offers a widespread gallery of hardboiled characters and cops of dubious morality with deep roots in the political fabric of British society since the miner’s strike, alongside ingenious metafictional tropes which unveil a compelling new path for the crime novel.
Bedford Square Editor at large Maxim Jakubowski says:
I have long been a fan of Tony White’s utterly unique books and the opportunity to welcome him onto the No Exit list was unmissable. No one combines experimentation so acutely with engineering the most fiendish clockwork cum crossword puzzles since Agatha Christie and John Dickson Carr. Tony is the most spectacular reader I have ever seen perform in public and PHANTOM AT THE FEAST, with echoes of the coming of AI alongside a conspiracy plot worthy of John le Carré, is a crime novel for our times.
You can read Bedford Square’s full press release here…
There are a small number of Faber’s blue-liveried paperbacks of THE FOUNTAIN IN THE FOREST remaining in stock, but these can only be sold by Faber until 19 February 2026 – so if you haven’t already, and wanted to read FOUNTAIN before the release of PHANTOM AT THE FEAST now’s the time! Buy direct from Faber here or order from your favourite local bookshop — thank you!
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