Love Letters to a Serial Killer
This year’s most unmissable read – ‘fresh, insightful and wonderfully dry in tone… an impressively original debut’ (The Guardian)
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3.8 • 297 Ratings
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Publisher Description
'OMG!!!!! This book was amazing; if I could give it ten stars I would! I was hooked from the beginning and it wasn't what I expected at all!!! If there's one thing you do this year, make sure it's reading this book!!!' Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I didn't plan to fall in love with an accused serial killer. Nevertheless, my wrists and ankles are bound to a chair, and I can only blame myself. I strain at the ropes, take a deep breath, and prepare to die.
Hannah Wilson is embarrassingly unlucky in life and love. Her only comfort comes from the true crime forums she trawls, desperate for more news about the case of serial murders she's obsessed with. After all, she can't save herself from more disappointment, but maybe she can figure out who the killer is and save another woman from losing her life.
And then handsome lawyer William Thompson is arrested. And Hannah is so full of female rage about everything he's done and everything she's going through, that she decides to write him a series of angry letters. She just doesn't count on him writing back...
Each response from William is more surprising than the last. He listens. He cares. And for the first time, Hannah feels seen.
When a shocking twist gives Hannah the chance to see William, she can't resist meeting her pen pal to work out his secrets. But what does she really want him to be - innocent victim, or her own personal monster?
Love Letters to a Serial Killer is a surprising, original and deeply entertaining debut. Part thriller, part romance, part satire. Perfect for fans of Yellowface, You and How to Kill Your Family.
What everyone is saying about Love Letters to a Serial Killer:
'What a ride. Arch, dark, original and so witty... remarkable ' SARAH PINBOROUGH
'May be this summer's most relatable and entertaining read' BUSTLE
'Witty, shocking, and wild, this is a must-have mystery' LIBRARY JOURNAL
'Coryell's fiercely witty, intoxicating prose hooked me on page one and never let go' ANA REYES
'Utterly brilliant. Hannah is so painfully relatable... I am begging for a sequel!' JESSE SUTANTO
'You won't stop laughing... (and also will probably feel just a tiny bit dragged).' GLAMOUR
'A clever, provocative satire about the kind of women who fall for violent men' PANDORA SYKES
'Part romcom, part thriller, part sad girl novel... a clever, compulsive read' RED
'Littered with savage one-liners. Superb debut!' MANDASUE HELLER
'Compulsive, twisted and darkly funny' SALLY HEPWORTH
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Poet Coryell's impressive mystery debut chronicles a young woman's budding obsession with an accused killer. After Hannah's quest for a promotion at her Minneapolis nonprofit job stalls and her boyfriend ghosts her, she finds solace and kinship in an online true crime forum focused on identifying the culprit who murdered four women near Atlanta. When handsome young lawyer William Thompson is arrested and charged with the crimes, Hannah begins writing angry letters to him while he awaits trial behind bars. When William unexpectedly responds, their communication turns flirtatious. Before long, Hannah agrees to be his girlfriend, and becomes so consumed by their exchanges that she's fired from her job. She decides to go to Atlanta to watch William's trial, bonding with fellow "serial killer groupies" in the process. When another body is found during the trial in the same ravine where the other women were discovered, William is swiftly acquitted, and Hannah moves in with him, gradually growing accustomed to his moneyed lifestyle. All the while, however, she's nagged by doubts about her new beau's acquittal, and begins looking for incriminating clues. Coryell expertly renders her protagonist's uneasy perch between love and suspicion, keeping readers as in the dark as Hannah is about William's true nature until the very end. This is un-put-downable.
Customer Reviews
Predictable
Pieced together long before the reveal and guessed the ending. Was an alright read
Brilliant book
This book is a dark, hilarious satire! Loved it.
Mind numbingly boring
The premise has such promise but the book was exceptionally terribly written that I couldn’t wait until I had finished it, in fact - I wish I hadn’t wasted my time. Absolutely awful.