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“This darkly comedic thriller turns serial killer convention on its head, mainly because you can't help but root for protagonist Claire. . . Utterly unique and an absolute roller-coaster of a read.
— Daily Mail (UK)“Horrifying and hilarious in equal measure.
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This is a splendidly funny and buoyant, even jolly, novel. . . There are some deliciously ingenious twists. . . it's first-class escapist entertainment—the most fun you're ever likely to have with a hammer-wielding maniac.
— Daily Express (UK)
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Refreshingly original and laugh-out-loud funny. This is a superb debut.
— Clare Mackintosh, #1 international bestselling author of A Game of Lies
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If you loved 'Killing Eve,' Wallace’s giddy dark ride will be your private Eden, filled with serpent-like twists beguiling you to bite! Her enticing wit had me enthralled and outwitted!
— Rupert Holmes, New York Times bestselling author of Murder Your Employer
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Delightfully shocking and irreverently funny, this is a pitch-black comedy horror with a heart. . . of stone. Roll-up for your one-way ticket to the warped world of a glamorous psychopath and her relentless succession of hapless victims.
— Janice Hallet, international bestselling author of The Appeal
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Wallace had me at the title and kept me reading late into the night. Wicked, funny and charming, a delicious combination.
— Sascha Rothchild, author of Blood Sugar
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Dark, creepy, and wholly fascinating, Wallace's imagining of the mind of a successful serial killer will be appreciated by readers who don’t mind sleeping with one eye open.
— Booklist
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“Deliciously eerie and darkly funny. . . an uncommonly assured debut from a promising new voice in crime fiction.
— Publishers Weekly
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“The female serial killer as antihero is a growing subgenre (see Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer, 2018), and Wallace’s sociopathic protagonist is a mordantly amusing addition. . . Dexter meets Killing Eve.
— Kirkus
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Delightfully shocking and irreverently funny, this is a pitch-black comedy horror with a heart. . . of stone. Roll-up for your one-way ticket to the warped world of a glamorous psychopath and her relentless succession of hapless victims.
— Janice Hallett, international bestselling author of The Appeal