How to Get Away with Murder
A Novel
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- $329.00
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- $329.00
Descripción editorial
"If you picked up this book because you truly want to get away with murder, you will not be disappointed. Simply turn the page and we'll get started."
This fresh debut thriller finds a Scotland Yard detective trying to find the author of a self-help book that promises quite literally to teach readers how to get away with murder, which seems to have inspired London's newest murderer.
Detective Inspector Samantha Hansen has been on leave for six months, recovering from a breakdown she suffered at work, but when a fourteen-year-old girl is murdered in a local park, Sam jumps at the chance to return to the job and prove that she's still got what it takes to be the Yard's most successful homicide detective. One of the case's only leads is a copy of a self-help book found in the victim's backpack called How To Get Away With Murder by a man named Denver Brady.
Brady claims to be the most successful serial killer of our time, which is why no one's ever heard of him. Chapter by chapter, he details his methodology and his past victims, and as Sam's investigation progresses and the details of the book go viral, Sam begins to suspect that there’s more to the author than what he’s revealed. But in order to find a killer and get justice for young Charlotte, Sam must learn to trust her instincts once again, before Denver Brady--or someone else--really does get away with murder.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Philipson debuts with an impressive serial killer thriller that puts a fresh spin on tired genre tropes. At the outset, Scotland Yard DI Sam Hansen is reluctant to return to work after taking a six-month leave due to sexual harassment from a colleague. Then she happens across the strangled body of 14-year-old Charlotte Mathers under an oak tree on which Charlotte's initials and "DB" are carved inside a heart. "DB," Sam assumes, is Denver Brady, the self-proclaimed "most successful active serial killer in the Western world," who has recently self-published a chilling instructional guide titled How to Get Away with Murder. Feeling an unusually strong connection with the victim, Sam returns to the force and asks to be assigned to the investigation. Philipson alternates Sam's increasingly obsessive quest to find Brady with passages from his book, many of which outline murders he's committed in clinical detail. Though the cat-and-mouse game between cop and serial killer is familiar, Philipson's nuanced portrait of her wounded heroine and savvy book-within-a-book narrative structure make this stand out. A sequel would be welcome.
