[Pre-order] Ink Ribbon Red [Expected 07/11/2024]

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

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?

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.

Reviews

"Ink Ribbon Red is the epitome of the artful murder mystery and Alex Pavesi the master puppeteer of literary crime, creating a unique yet relatable cast on pages that won’t stop turning. I was utterly hooked" —Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal

"Ink Ribbon Red is a thriller for clever people. This dark-hearted, light-footed mystery-thriller―an inspired mash-up of And Then There Were None, Cluedo, and Lucy Foley―plays fair, fierce, and fast: like the what-could-go-wrong party game that goes very wrong indeed for its cast, it’s dangerous fun, and just the tonic for readers hungover on same-old-same-old crime fiction." —A.J. Finn

"A brilliant work of illusion: murders, real and imagined, nestled within one another! The clues are all there, if you can see them. A book you finish and then start again just to see how thoroughly you’ve been fooled!" —Guy Morpuss, author of Black Lake Manor

"Quirky and unpredictable, Ink Ribbon Red is a Rubik's cube of unreliable narratives" —Martin Edwards

Dimensions: 15.3 x 4 x 23.4 cm