Death of a Bookseller
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3.7 • 51 Ratings
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- £9.99
Publisher Description
WOULD YOU KILL FOR A GOOD STORY?
THE MOST ANTICIPATED DEBUT THRILLER OF 2023, WHICH WILL MAKE YOUR SKIN CRAWL AND YOUR HEART POUND.
'A confident, sassy, pitch-black debut' CAROLINE KEPNES
'Your new obsession' ERIN KELLY
'Savage, witty and all-consuming' ABIGAIL DEAN
'A dark masterpiece. It will work its way under your skin like a splinter' CATRIONA WARD
*****
Roach - bookseller, loner and true crime fanatic- is not interested in making friends. She has all the company she needs in her serial killer books, murder podcasts and her pet snail, Bleep.
That is, until Laura joins the bookshop.
With her cute literary tote bags and sunny smile, she's everyone's favourite bookseller. But beneath the shiny veneer, Roach senses a darkness within Laura, the same darkness Roach possesses.
And as curiosity blooms into morbid obsession, Roach becomes determined to be a part of Laura's story - whether Laura wants her in it or not.
*****
'A spectacularly creepy debut ... a tense and disturbing read' GUARDIAN
'Tense, addictive and sticky underfoot' JULIA ARMFIELD
'A sharp and creepy debut thriller' DAILY MAIL
'Utterly unforgettable' CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD
'Delightfully dark' COSMOPOLITAN, Best New Books
'Engrossing, atmospheric and deliciously dark' WILL DEAN
'Uncomfortable, claustrophobic, and you won't take your eyes off the pages' BELFAST TELEGRAPH
'Impossible to put down' ELIZA CLARK
'A sinister and tense debut that will chill you to the core' PLATINUM MAGAZINE
'Relentlessly creepy and deeply compulsive' HEATHER DARWENT
Customer Reviews
Beautiful Anxiety
Imagine standing on a train track and watching a train hurtle towards you in painful slow motion. You can't move. You can only watch in horror and brace for the inevitable collision. The narrative is beautifully woven between two characters and it's so hard to witness their increasingly worrying interactions. If this was a film I would be behind a cushion. I chose the audio version of this book mainly due to a bargain offer on Apple Books but I'm so glad I did. The narration is spot on, beautifully done and beautifully tense, and I devoured the whole book in two days. I just couldn't stop, couldn't look away, even if it meant the train was going to hit me.
Genius
If you are not so much into books but want to enjoy something unusual this summer but Death of A Bookseller. It keeps the tension throughout and it is such a brilliant study of two female characters . The audio production doesn’t have anything aside from such a personal, fantastic reading in portraying the two women of the story. Unmissable .