The Mortons
The unputdownable new dark academia novel for fans of If We Were Villains and Ninth House
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected 21 Jul 2026
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- 12,99 €
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- Pre-Order
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- 12,99 €
Publisher Description
Murder is money, and business is booming... The unmissable new dark academia novel, perfect for fans of Wednesday, If We Were Villains and Ninth House.
'A TOUR DE FORCE: WITTY, THRILLING AND DELICIOUSLY CRUEL' Lev Grossman
The Mortons are a modern day, old money dynasty with impeccable taste, from exquisite cocktails and expertly tailored vintage garments to stone cold murder.
Jessica is their golden child, a perfectly crafted apprentice to the Morton legacy. She has always excelled, and now, having committed her first kill whilst at elite college Helshire, she can finally stake her claim as a fully blooded Morton. This is her moment, her honour.
She has trained for this since birth, but in a family built on the bones of their secrets, where failure means erasure, can loyalty always come above care?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Husband and wife authors Westerfeld (Uglies) and Larbalestier (My Sister Rosa) team up for a page-turning tale about an "Old Money" family who sustain their power and wealth by training each new generation in the art of murder. Jessica Morton is a college student at Helshire, where she is expected to "incorporate" the rich and powerful families of other students by ensuring their loyalty to the Mortons and thus allowing the clan to get away with murder. The Mortons regularly kill their own, and Jessica is tasked by her grandmother with killing her younger cousin, Peter, whose rebellious nature poses a risk to the family. Jessica does the deed by enticing Peter to climb up an old building on their campus and causing him to lose his grip and fall. After Peter's death, Jessica wins her family's blessing, but when she learns of Peter's association with rival families and his possible motive for turning against the Mortons, she questions her family's righteousness. It adds up to a bracing and searching story about the lengths a child will go to make their family proud. Readers won't want to put this down.
