The Sequel
The follow up to the New York Times Bestselling The Plot: 'Insanely readable.' Stephen King
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Publisher Description
'A bookworm's treat.' Sunday Times
'Unforgettable.' Wall Street Journal
'An entertaining cat-and-mouse thriller. 'Daily Telegraph'
'Smart, funny and deliciously dark.' Guardian
'Delicious' New York Times
** One of the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2024 **
** A New Yorker Book of the Year **
**Winner of the 2025 CrimeFest eDunnit Award**
The wildly twisty and devilishly clever new thriller from the author of the New York Times bestseller The Plot.
Not many first-time novelists get a profile in the New York Times. Then again, few first-time novelists come with the backstory of Anna Williams-Bonner: recent bride of a wildly successful writer who took his own life even as his fame seemed on the ascent. Anna's book is climbing the bestseller lists. But when someone leaves a cryptic note for her at a book signing, she realises that not all the attention is positive. For years, Anna's been keeping secrets about her past: what if someone knows the truth? She will do anything to keep what she values most: the right to her own story.
If you liked The Plot . . .
'Insanely readable.' Stephen King
'Breathtakingly suspenseful.' Megan Abbott
'Smart, surprising and stealthily unsettling.' The Times
'So clever, so taut, so dazzling.' Lisa Jewell
You'll love The Sequel.
Readers are loving The Sequel:
'The most delicious binge ever.'
'This is the kind of book Patricia Highsmith would have written.'
'Dark, brilliant . . . [with] several twists which I never saw coming.'
'Intriguing . . . I guarantee you'll have a book hangover after this one!'
'Kept me guessing the entire time, I would definitely recommend it.'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
After the death of her novelist husband, Anna Williams-Bonner fights to protect his legacy—and hers—in Korelitz's powerhouse sequel to The Plot. Pushed by the agent she inherited from her late husband, Jacob Bonner, to write a book inspired by Jacob's death, Anna publishes a weepy debut novel called The Afterword. It's a hit, but at a book signing, she receives an anonymous note indicating someone knows about the dirty truths her manuscript is masking. Certain she's being stalked, Anna turns the tables and begins to pursue her pursuers, working tirelessly to keep her past hidden as the death toll mounts. Korelitz makes hay with her satirical depiction of the publishing industry's ego parade—untended slush piles play a pivotal role—and she brilliantly ushers the action toward a shocking conclusion. She also offers satisfying glimpses into what makes Anna tick, placing her alongside Tom Ripley in the pantheon of amoral antiheroes. It's another taut and compulsively readable spellbinder from Korelitz.
