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Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide Audiobook
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From the diabolical imagination of Edgar Award–winner Rupert Holmes comes a devilish thriller with a killer concept. The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, a luxurious, clandestine college dedicated to the fine art of murder, where earnest students study how best to “delete” their most deserving victim.
Who hasn’t wondered for a split second what the world would be like if a person who is the object of your affliction ceased to exist? But then you’ve probably never heard of The McMasters Conservatory, dedicated to the consummate execution of the homicidal arts. To gain admission, a student must have an ethical reason for erasing someone who deeply deserves a fate no worse—nor better—than death.
The campus of this “Poison Ivy League” college, its location unknown to even those who study there, is where you might find yourself the practice target of a classmate…and where one’s mandatory graduation thesis is getting away with the perfect murder of someone whose death will make the world a much better place to live.
Prepare for an education you’ll never forget. A delightful mix of witty wordplay, breathtaking twists and genuine intrigue, Murder Your Employer will gain you admission into a wholly original world, cocooned within the most entertaining book about well-intentioned would-be murderers you’ll ever read.
Rupert Holmes brings his wickedly clever storytelling talents to this outrageous and darkly comic mystery set in a secret, idyllic campus where students learn how to “do in others as you would have others do you in.”
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“A funny, fast-paced, flip-the-playbook mystery…[set at] a fantasy academy laid out like a combination of Hogwarts, Downton Abbey, and a White Lotus–style resort.”
— Los Angeles Times
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“You will love this gigglesome guide to the graves of academe.”
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“Droll, tongue-in-cheek…[turns] the genre upside down by making us root for the killers.”
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“This will be one of the funniest books of the year.”
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“Delightfully wicked…An amusing and cheeky tale.”
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“Highly entertaining…Warning: readers could die laughing.”
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“Delightfully dark and compelling.”
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“Farcical plotting, idiosyncratic characters, and witty, stylish prose combine for a fun, frothy read.”
— Publishers Weekly
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A CrimeReads Pick of Most Anticipated Upcoming Books
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A New York Times bestseller
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A Barnes & Noble bestseller
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An Amazon Editor’s Top Pick
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A New York Times Book Review pick of Best Books Now in Paperback
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About Rupert Holmes
Rupert Holmes has received two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America and multiple Tony® and Drama Desk Awards for his Broadway mystery musicals. His first novel, Where the Truth Lies, was nominated for a Nero Wolfe Award for Best American Mystery Novel, was a Booklist Top Ten Debut Novel, and became a motion picture starring Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon. He has adapted works by authors Agatha Christie, John Grisham, and R. L. Stine for the Broadway and international stage. His short stories have been anthologized in such collections as Best American Mystery Stories, Christmas at the Mysterious Bookshop, and On a Raven’s Wing. His earliest story-songs were published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. He is also the writer/vocalist of several Billboard Top 10 hits.
About the Narrators
Simon Vance (a.k.a. Robert Whitfield) is an award-winning actor and narrator. He has earned more than fifty Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration thirteen times. He was named Booklist’s very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and has been named an AudioFile Golden Voice as well as an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009. He has narrated more than eight hundred audiobooks over almost thirty years, beginning when he was a radio newsreader for the BBC in London. He is also an actor who has appeared on both stage and television.
Neil Patrick Harris is an award-winning actor with roles in television, film, and on stage. His television roles have earned him Primetime Emmy Awards, Young Artist Awards, a People’s Choice Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His breakout television role was as the star of Doogie Howser, MD, and he has acted in dozens of television movies and series since then, most recently as Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother. He has had roles in three Broadway shows as well as in regional productions in Los Angeles, San Diego, and New York. His film credits include Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. He has narrated dozens of audiobooks and won an AudioFile Earphones Award.