Ink Ribbon Red

Alex Pavesi

ISBN 10: 0241433592 / ISBN 13: 9780241433591

Published by Penguin Books UK, Michael Joseph Nov 2024, 2024

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Neuware - The problem with telling tales is that you might get caught out by the twist: read the most original literary thriller of 2024, from the author of the sensational Eight Detectives'A spectacularly crafty puzzle with characters who come more and more to life as the stakes get higher' Mail on Sunday'More fun than Eight Detectives' The Times'Today's greatest exponent of playful detective fiction' Guardian -----Six friends gather at a country house for a birthday weekend. They decide to play a game.All six names go in a hat. Choose two, and imagine one murdering the other.Write it down. Type it up. Read it out.Points are given for making the murders sound convincing.Of course, when given such a task, it's only natural to use what you know.Secrets. Grudges. Affairs.But once you've put it in a story, that secret is out.So with each fictional murder, someone gets a motive for a real one.Which leads to the most important question:When a real murder comes, will you be able to spot it in time ----'The master puppeteer of literary crime' Janice HallettPraise for the sensational bestseller Eight Detectives'One of the year's most entertaining crime novels' Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month'So, so clever . . . Agatha Christie would take her hat off to this one - bravo!' Sarah Pinborough'A wonderfully tricksy debut and a loving tribute to the golden age of crime fiction' Mail on Sunday'A box of delights . . . Pavesi's revelations are completely unexpected, right up to the end' New York Times.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ink Ribbon Red
• Publisher: Penguin Books UK, Michael Joseph Nov 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241433592
• ISBN 13: 9780241433591
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 152H x 30D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 30 millimeters depth
• Weight: 489 grams

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Synopsis

The problem with telling tales is that you might get caught out by the pre-order the most original literary thriller of 2024, from the author of the sensational Eight Detectives
A group of friends gather in a country house for a birthday party.

At their host’s request, they each write a short mystery. They draw names from a in each story, one of the group is the killer, and another the victim.

Of course, when given such a task, it’s only natural to use what you know. Secrets. Grudges. Illicit love.

It’s just that once you put it in a story, the secret is out.

Oh, and just one more this is a story that ends with a murder…


Praise for Alex Pavesi's sensational bestseller, Eight Detectives …
‘One of the year's most entertaining crime novels’ Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month
‘So, so clever . . . Agatha Christie would take her hat off to this one - bravo!’ Sarah Pinborough
‘A wonderfully tricksy debut and a loving tribute to the golden age of crime fiction’ Mail on Sunday
‘A box of delights . . . Pavesi's revelations are completely unexpected, right up to the end’ New York Times