Honey

The darkly comic killer debut novel of 2026.

PICKED AS A BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR BY VOGUE, ESQUIRE, MARIE CLAIRE, THE NEW YORKER, STYLIST, ELLE AND GLAMOUR

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'Dark, thrilling and undeniably hot' GLAMOUR

'The entertaining (and quietly damning) read you'll need to kick off spring' ELLE

'Imani Thompson is poised for her literary breakout' VOGUE

'Honey might be the most-anticipated debut novel of the year’ ESQUIRE

'It's just so clever' LOUISE O'NEILL

'Impossible to predict' ERIN KELLY

‘A beautiful, relentless novel’ ABIGAIL DEAN

'Wow, basically' HARRIET TYCE

'Worryingly relatable' SOPHIE DUKER

'Rich, hilarious and shocking’ JEN SOOKFONG LEE

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The first time, Yrsa doesn’t intend to kill.

But the Cambridge professor sitting opposite has manipulated her friend, stolen her research. When she flicks the bee into his Sanpellegrino, she thinks he’ll get a nasty sting.

Then he’s dead. And Yrsa, who – let’s face it – has been bored for a while, is alive.

It’s a sweet feeling, finally having some control.

Comic, sexy, addictive, unpredictable, Honey is about the not-always-righteous path of taking justice into your own hands.

The essential next read for fans of Butter, My Sister the Serial Killer, Such a Fun Age, Luster or Boy Parts.

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‘Yrsa serves up the unhinged hot girl homicide I didn’t know I needed’ SOPHIE DUKER

‘Juicy, dark, addictive, and truly clever. Yrsa is the antihero we've been waiting for’ SILVIA SAUNDERS

'A marvel of a novel, a story that breathes beyond its pages' ORE AGBAJE-WILLIAMS

'A twisted comeuppance story … Wow. Think Fleabag' KIRKUS

'The hotly-anticipated debut … a dark tale which throws light on the intersections between politics, race, sex, violence and love through the eyes of a female serial killer' MARIE CLAIRE

About the author

Imani Thompson is a British writer with Jamaican heritage. During her time studying Sociology at Cambridge University she was published in The Mays and won the Vogue new writer’s prize. She wrote Honey while working as a bookseller at Daunt Books and is now working on her second novel.