MUDLARK ACQUIRES INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST’S GRIPPING ACCOUNT OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT MH370

HarperCollins Publishers has acquired World all language rights (excluding French and Chinese) for
The Disappearing Act by Florence de Changy. Publishing Director Jack Fogg struck the deal with Marysia Juszczakiewicz and Jo Lusby at the Peony Agency, and the book will publish on the Mudlark list in May 2020.

On 8 March 2014, 239 passengers boarded a scheduled international passenger flight from Kuala Lumpur to Bejing, only for the plane to vanish into thin air 38 minutes after take-off. This fascinating and deeply unnerving study closely documents the chaotic investigation that followed the aircraft’s disappearance. The result is an exhaustive, gripping account and a much-needed rejoinder to the untruths and misdirection that have plagued the search for MH370.

Florence de Changy is an award-winning journalist and has been Le Monde’s South East Asian correspondent since 1995. During her investigation, she has seen materials concealed from the public, met individuals who haven’t talked to anyone else and been in touch with many people too scared to go on the record.

Florence de Changy says: ‘From the outset, the idea that in this day and age a B-777 – one of the most trusted long-haul carriers in civil aviation history, boasting an immaculate safety record – could simply vanish into thin air seemed like an affront to our collective human intelligence, not least because it did so in one of the most monitored areas of the planet.

It seemed essential to shed light on this enshrouded enigma, not just as a journalist’s duty but also for the families of the 239 passengers on board the MH-370, and the hundreds of thousands of people who fly commercially every year.’

Jack Fogg, Mudlark Publishing Director, says: ‘The Disappearing Act is an extraordinary piece of investigative reporting that aims to decipher on one of the darkest mysteries of the 21st century. The book is shocking, thrilling and masterfully told, and leaves the reader with very little room for doubt as to what may have happened.’ Press release from
London, 12th September 2019.