Imagine a Hogwarts for would-be murderers, a secret academy whose students (adults only) study poisons, not potions, and wield weapons instead of wands. Author Rupert Holmes has taken this premise and run with it, and the result is an entertaining tale set in a world so vivid, I feel as if I’ve walked the academy’s campus. The story is told from the alternating perspectives of three students, and despite my moral opposition to murder, I couldn’t help rooting for them. (Yes! Do it! Kill those jerks who’ve made your lives so miserable!) With its intricate plot, snappy dialogue, and clever wordplay, Murder Your Employer was for me a refreshing respite from election-year madness.
A New York Times bestseller! From Edgar Award–winning novelist, playwright, and story-songwriter Rupert Holmes comes a diabolical thriller with a killer concept: The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, “a fantasy academy laid out like a combination of Hogwarts, Downton Abbey, and a White Lotus–style resort” (Los Angeles Times) dedicated to the art of murder where students study how best to “delete” their most deserving victim.
Who hasn’t wondered for a split second what the world would be like if a person who is the object of your affliction ceased to exist? But then you’ve probably never heard of The…
In this delightful magical realism tale, Lauren, an unmarried woman, is dumbfounded when her attic starts churning out men claiming to be her husband—and the photos on her phone support their claims. Lauren quickly learns that she can get rid of any husband who doesn’t measure up by simply sending him back to the attic, where he will promptly be replaced by a new hubby.
This quirky story had me laughing out loud, but it also made me think about relationships. Should you settle for a romantic partner who meets most of your criteria? Or do you keep searching for someone better? These are the questions Lauren grapples with as she test-drives hundreds of husbands, getting herself into all sorts of hilarious predicaments along the way.
'One of the funniest debuts for years' SUNDAY TIMES 'The most fun I've had reading in the longest time' MARIAN KEYES 'An absolute riot' THE UNMUMSY MUM
You wait ages for The One . . . then 203 come along at once
One night Lauren finds a strange man in her flat who claims to be her husband. All the evidence - from photos to electricity bills - suggests he's right.
Lauren's attic, she slowly realises, is creating an endless supply of husbands for her.
There's the one who pretends to play music on her toes. The one who's too…
In the near future, scientists have figured out how to create eggs and sperm from any bodily cell. Now there’s an illegal market devoted to stealing celebrities’ DNA so fans can have their babies.
This imaginative premise piqued my interest, and a series of well-paced plot developments kept me turning pages. The perspective shifts smoothly among three protagonists, allowing readers to explore this intriguing scenario from multiple perspectives. The science and technology advancements seem scarily plausible, and the story sizzles with twists and turns I never saw coming. The ending is one of the most satisfying I’ve ever read, a real humdinger.
When any biological matter can be used to create life, stolen celebrity DNA sells to the highest bidder–or the craziest stalker–in this propulsive thriller.. With a vivid imagining of the future, Gattaca meets Black Mirror in Kira Peikoff’s Baby X.. In the near-future United States, where advanced technology can create egg or sperm from any person’s cells, celebrities face the alarming potential of meeting biological children they never conceived. Famous singer Trace Thorne is tired of being targeted by the Vault, a black market site devoted to stealing DNA. Sick of paying ransom money for his own cell matter, he…
Those weird dreams Abby Kendrick has been having? Turns out they aren’t dreams after all. They’re out-of-body experiences, like the ones her cousin Logan is having. At first Abby has fun with her new ability, using it to spy on her neighborhood crush and spook a mean girl. But when Logan gets in trouble on the astral plane, the game changes, and Abby must bend the rules of out-of-body travel as she journeys to a distant realm. Her mission is a perilous one, and success is not guaranteed. Can she save Logan and find her way home again? Or will the cousins be lost forever on the astral plane?
