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For every woman who's ever fallen for a bad man comes a hilarious and eviscerating tale of love, loss, and deadlines from New York Times bestselling author Jenna Blum.
Known for such brilliant historical novels as Those Who Save Us and The Lost Family, A Mighty Blaze co-founder and New York Times bestselling author Jenna Blum now offers a contemporary, suspenseful novel about love, loss, and revenge in the world of books.
Simone "Sam" Vetiver is a mid-career novelist finishing a lukewarm publicity tour while facing a deadline for a new book on which she's totally blocked. Recently divorced, Sam is worrying where her life is going when she receives glowing fan mail from stratospherically successful author William Corwyn, renowned for his female-centric novels. When William and Sam meet and his literary sympathy is as intense as their chemistry, both writers think they've found The One.
But as in their own novels, things between Sam and William are not what they seem. William has multiple stalkers, including a scarily persistent one named The Rabbit. He lives on a remote Maine island, where his writer life resembles The Shining. And when writers turn up dead, including from The Darlings support group William runs, Sam has to ask: Is it The Rabbit—William's #1 Stalker? Another woman scorned? Can William be everything he seems?
Narrated by Sam, William, and The Rabbit, Murder Your Darlings is a wickedly witty look at today's literary landscape and down-the-rabbit-hole tale of how far people will go for love.
"This novel draws in readers with its romantic tension, character introspection, and suspense. A blend of wit, humor, romance, and intrigue, it's perfect for fans of Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan series or Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone." —Library Journal (starred review)
"Smart and darkly funny, Blum's novel offers a biting commentary on romance, revenge, and the ways writers can 'get inside us…and change us.' A smart, sexy thriller that disturbs as it satisfies." —Kirkus Reviews
"Narrated by Sam, William, and the Rabbit, Blum's latest gleefully exploits each unreliable point of view as the suspense builds to a surprising and wickedly twisted conclusion. Readers who enjoy the bookwriting mysteries of Anthony Horowitz and Sulari Gentill will love this complex tale about love, lust, and literature." —Booklist
"Witty send-up of the publishing industry ... . Funny, surprising, and razor-sharp about the book business's ruthlessness, this adds up to a captivating tale of love, death, and revenge. Thriller fans will be eager to see what Blum does next." —Publishers Weekly
"Authors and book tours, stalkers and deadlines, horrid men and ice cold revenge ... Murder Your Darlings will have you cracking up while you're checking under your bed." —Karin Slaughter, New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author
"Is it wrong to call a serial killer novel fun? Because Murder Your Darlings is great fun—a delicious satire of the writing life as well as a genuinely gripping thriller." —Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of The Oligarch's Daughter
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Jenna Blum is the New York Times and # 1 internationally bestselling author of novels Those Who Save Us, The Stormchasers, and The Lost Family; memoir Woodrow on the Bench; audio course "The Author at Work: The Art of Writing Fiction" and original podcast The Key of Love. Jenna is CEO and Co-Founder of online author interview platform A Mighty Blaze and one of Oprah.com readers' Top 30 Women Writers. Jenna earned her MA in Creative Writing at Boston University and has taught workshops for Boston University, Grub Street Writers, A Mighty Blaze, and numerous other institutions for over 25 years. She interviewed Holocaust survivors for Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation and is a professional public speaker, traveling nationally and internationally to speak about her work. Jenna is based in Boston. For more about Jenna, please visit www.jennablum.com and follow her on Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, and Substack.
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