If you love books that connect and unite us, full of heart, depth, and intrigue, Armin Lear Press should be your publisher of choice. The global publisher has recently partnered with leading distributor Gardners to bring more of their titles to readers across the UK and Europe.
What is Armin Lear Press’ specialty?
Armin Lear produces outstanding books that push boundaries, unafraid to ask the big questions, and move readers with well-crafted narratives.
Having developed an international community with organisations and individuals who care passionately about books, Armin Lears’ immaculate titles stem from the care and attention given to authors. The company aims to give personal attention to each and every author and agent it partners with.
Genres of interest span the entire range of non-fiction, in addition to contemporary thrillers and fantasy books.
In this article, we’ll explore a selection of Armin Lear’s titles available now in the UK that you need to keep an eye on.
Armin Lear Press UK & European Books You Can Purchase Today
BANKAUS by Neil Giarratana
Great for fans of: Pacey financial thrillers
Where to buy: Amazon
Price (paperback): £16.28
To kick us off, we have a couple of fiction powerhouses, including BANKAUS, Neil Giarratana’s propulsive crime thriller – the perfect blend of deception, betrayal, and revenge, where survival may come at the ultimate cost.
We meet Giarratana’s main protagonist Anulka Lorenzini, Head of Wealth Management at Bankhaus Finsler, a private bank in Zurich, at a point in her life where her secret contempt for a world of hidden, ill-gotten money has reached breaking point.
Following a romance with the charismatic Giovanni Poggio, Anulka’s quiet contempt morphs into something darker. She is drawn into a scheme as simple as it is audacious: siphon millions from dormant accounts using a phantom client.
Skilfully navigating interlocking themes of financial strain, emotional manipulation, and morality, author of highly successful leadership guide CEO Priorities Giarratana draws from over 30 years of business experience managing both American subsidiaries and stand-alone European companies to create this emotionally charged, high-stakes thriller you won’t want to put down.
Altar of Ashes by Bruce Westrate
Great for fans of: Dynamic courtroom dramas
Where to buy: Amazon
Price (paperback): £16.92
In our current political and cultural landscape, with the influx of information available online and via international news outlets, we face huge moral dilemmas. We find ourselves routinely asking which side to take, how we build a better world, and who we are.
History teacher Bruce Westrate grapples with right and wrong in the eyes of modern American law in this gripping, high-stakes read that begs the question: how can we define what justice looks like in the multicultural world we live in?
The definition of a page-turner, Altar of Ashes follows the aftermath of a young girl’s brutal killing through sati, a sacrificial rite, and the legal battle that ensues.
Westrate manages to engage the reader in choosing sides time and again – the personal meets the political, as the prosecutor’s marriage unravels, and his judgement of the case becomes clouded.
Altar of Ashes makes for an exceptional, fast-paced read, perfect for anyone who loves a legal thriller where the protagonists face an overwhelming moral conundrum.
The Escape Artist by Ian Jarvis
Great for fans of: Gritty memoirs
Where to buy: Amazon
Price (paperback): £16.33
Successful Law & Order actor Ian Jarvis divulges his colourful life story in his new memoir, a touching, brutally honest story of determination and redemption.
The no-holds-barred account details his journey from an “escape artist” who evades the FBI across multiple countries to becoming a successful writer, actor, and radio host. His unique storytelling style, high-energy shorthand, and fast, digestible chapters will ensure that readers are captivated from page one.
Jarvis shares how he went from a normal upbringing in New Jersey to quitting Georgetown University in his junior year and crossing the country in a Chevy truck.
From there, we are taken on a fascinating journey: he works as a drug dealer, escapes half a dozen FBI agents at an airport, and lives eight years as a federal fugitive in Paris, London, Ibiza, Corsica, and Morocco.
Turning thirty, Jarvis decides to return to the US, face the mess he left behind, and find a way back in pursuit of the American dream – sharing his search for redemption, and the acting career that followed after.
The Custodians by Jacalyn S. Burke
Great for fans of: Stephen King’s folk horror writing & WW2-era conspiracy thrillers
Where to buy: Amazon
Price (paperback): £8.72
‘Monsters do exist and they are one vacation away’ is the haunting tagline of this immersive psychological thriller, where British-American writer Jacalyn S. Burke paints the disquieting picture of a small-town community hiding secrets that date back to the Second World War.
When holiday-makers Catherine and Tom Grayston disappear in Rousinac, south-west France, two detectives David Frankel and James Harrison set off to find out what happened. The pair arrive in Rousinac, with no idea how quickly they’ll get sucked into the same black web. A black web spun over 70 years from the town’s castle dungeons.
Soon, a conspiracy emerges from Rousinac’s underground tunnels from the Second World War, with a tight-lipped community hellbent on obscuring the past.
In our current political climate, Burke’s novel serves as a timely reminder that the past has infinite implications for the present.
The Custodians takes us down an unnerving rabbit hole, tapping into our collective fears about monsters, conspiracies, and secret societies, with each new revelation pulling the reader deeper into the rich tapestry of the novel.
The Xinjiang Procedure by Ethan Gutmann
Great for fans of: Searing investigative journalism
Where to buy: Amazon
Price (paperback): £20.99
We have another timely non-fiction read to finish off our article – from the writer of the acclaimed, Nobel Peace Prize-nominated book THE SLAUGHTER, which tells the story of Falun Gong organ harvesting with intelligence and dignity, comes a shocking exploration of the latest research into human rights violations against Uyghur people in China.
Xinjiang refers to the northwest of China where the Uyghur people, Muslims with Turkic roots, have lived for thousands of years, while the procedure refers to Chinese transplant surgeons surgically extracting Uyghur organs while their hearts are still beating, the average age being 28 years old.
Gutmann uncovers foreign organ tourists purchasing them to order, an average young woman’s organs valued at $900,000. Extensively researched, his second non-fiction book details startling new evidence from the Xinjiang concentration camps.
In this unmissable new exposé, Gutmann recounts how Beijing was murdering tens of thousands of young people for their organs every year. Setting a new standard in narrative non-fiction, he never loses sight of the hard evidence that has unmitigated power to shift our world.
