The Dating Game
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- Vorbestellbar
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- Erwartet am 8. Sept. 2026
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- CHF 10.00
Beschreibung des Verlags
In this clever and surprising thriller about the perils of modern dating and the female rage it sometimes inspires, a board game designer starts playing by her own rules, and losers won’t be tolerated.
The friendship game. The dating game. The end game. For board game designer Tilda Smith they’re all necessary steps on the path to finding happiness. And by structuring her life according to a set of rules, just like in the games that she loves to create at her job, Tilda can finally win.
The only problem? The other players don’t know they’re playing by Tilda’s rules. She’s fair. Very fair, in fact. But then one night her date pushes her too far and she gets just a bit carried away. Any player who disappoints must face consequences, right? But as Tilda finds herself transporting a body in a laundry bag, she has to question how to make the punishment fit the crime.
And now someone is watching Tilda and playing a game of their own. Will they turn the tables on her, or can she figure out a way to best them? The game is never really over until she says it is.
Game on.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Zetterberg (The Happiness Blueprint) delivers a witty thriller centered on neurodivergent board game designer Tilda Smith, whose lucrative Hasbro deal has allowed her to live a life of sun and tax evasion near Monaco. On Tilda's 30th birthday, the executors of her mother's estate forward her a letter they've been hanging onto for the occasion. In it, Tilda's mother requests that, should Tilda still be single by the time the letter arrives, she try to make friends, find love, and prioritize being happy. The always-fastidious Tilda is up to the challenge, constructing a game with rules known only to her that will help her achieve each of those benchmarks. She begins with dating, but her first attempt ends with her killing an insistent man who violates her rules by disregarding her consent. Her subsequent stab at finding a friend works out somewhat better but leads to additional complications that put Tilda on the run. Tilda's skewed narration combines the charm of Nita Prose's Molly the Maid with a defiant feminist streak all her own. The result is a poignant, darkly amusing look at the perils of modern dating.
