Ghost Music (standalone sequel to While the Music Lasts) was also originally "Big-five"- published, by Orion/Hachette. This is an updated, heavily rewritten, second edition.
Alice McVeigh, a London-based cellist, has published contemporary fiction with Orion, speculative fiction with Unbound, and prizewinning historical fiction with Warleigh Hall Press. Her books have been shortlisted for the UK Selfies Book Awards (adult fiction), and placed in Publishers Weekly's BookLife Prize and in Foreword Indie's "Book of the Year" (general fiction 2022).