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This book is for you if you're into...
- Murder games where secrets and grudges fuel the suspense
- Country house mysteries with friends turning on each other
- Stories within stories that blur fiction and reality
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Six friends gather at a country house for a birthday weekend and play a game. It goes like this; all six names go in a hat. Choose two names, and imagine one murdering the other. Write it down. Type it up. Read it out. Points are given for making the murders sound convincing.
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. With each fictional murder, someone gets a motive for a real one…It’s a mind-bending puzzle of a book, an original, complex and utterly engrossing mystery. A book that will stay with you long after you finish reading!
A wickedly plotted new thriller, in which a group of friends play a deadly game that unwraps a motive for murder, from Alex Pavesi, the author of The Eighth Detective.
Anatol invites five of his oldest friends to his family home in the Wiltshire countryside to celebrate his thirtieth birthday. At his request, they play a game of his invention called Motive Method Death. The rules are simple: Everyone chooses two players at random, then writes a short story in which one kills the other. Points are awarded for making the murders feel real.
Of course, it's only natural for each friend to use what they know. Secrets. Grudges. Affairs. But once they've put it in a story, each secret is out. It's not long before the game reawakens old resentments and brings private matters into the light of day. With each fictional crime, someone new gets a very real motive.
Can all six friends survive the weekend, or will truth turn out to be deadlier than fiction?
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The Eighth Detective
2020
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