Ink Ribbon Red: A dark and addictive thriller for fans of The Hunting Party and The Guest List - Softcover

Pavesi, Alex

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241433592 ISBN 13: 9780241433591

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 2024

Synopsis

The problem with telling tales is that you might get caught out by the twist: read the most original literary thriller of 2024, from the author of the sensational Eight Detectives

'A spectacularly crafty puzzle with characters who come more and more to life as the stakes get higher' Mail on Sunday

'More fun than Eight Detectives' The Times

‘Today's greatest exponent of playful detective fiction’ Guardian

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Six friends gather at a country house for a birthday weekend. They decide to play a game.

All six names go in a hat. Choose two, and imagine one murdering the other.

Write it down. Type it up. Read it out.

Points are given for making the murders sound convincing.

Of course, when given such a task, it’s only natural to use what you know.

Secrets. Grudges. Affairs.

But once you’ve put it in a story, that secret is out.

So with each fictional murder, someone gets a motive for a real one.

Which leads to the most important question:

When a real murder comes, will you be able to spot it in time?

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‘The master puppeteer of literary crime’ Janice Hallett

Praise for the sensational bestseller Eight Detectives

‘One of the year's most entertaining crime novels’ Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month
‘So, so clever . . . Agatha Christie would take her hat off to this one - bravo!’ Sarah Pinborough
‘A wonderfully tricksy debut and a loving tribute to the golden age of crime fiction’ Mail on Sunday
‘A box of delights . . . Pavesi's revelations are completely unexpected, right up to the end’ New York Times

About this title

About the Author

Alex Pavesi lives in Surrey, where he writes full time. He previously worked as a software engineer and before that obtained a PhD in Mathematics. He enjoys puzzles, long walks and recreational lock picking. His debut novel Eight Detectives was picked by the Sunday Times and the New York Times as one of their books of the year.

From the Back Cover

Six friends gather at a country house for a birthday weekend. They decide to play a game.

All six names go in a hat. Choose two, and imagine one murdering the other. Write it down. Type it up. Read it out.

Points are given for making the murders sound convincing.

Of course, when given such a task, it’s only natural to use what you know. Secrets. Grudges. Affairs.

But once you’ve put it in a story, that secret is out.

So with each fictional murder, someone gets a motive for a real one.

Which leads to the most important question:

When a real murder comes, will you be able to spot it in time?

Edition details

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241433592
• ISBN 13: 9780241433591
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400