Kill Your Darlings (HC)
Hardcover | 288 pages
"A feat of structural magnificenceââŹâ the instant I turned theĂ final page, I flipped straight back to the start to put it all together again." ââŹâDanya Kukafka, nationally bestselling author ofĂ Notes on an ExecutionĂ
From theĂ New York TimesĂ bestselling author ofĂ The Kind Worth KillingĂ andĂ Eight Perfect MurdersĂ comes an inventive, utterly propulsive murder-mystery in reverse, tracing a marriage back in time to uncover the dark secret at its heart.
Thom and Wendy Graves have been married for over twenty-five years. They live in a beautiful Victorian on the north shore of Massachusetts. Wendy is a published poet and Thom teaches English literature at a nearby university. Their son, Jason, is all grown up. All is wellââŹÂŚexcept that Wendy wants to murder her husband.
What happens next has everything to do with what happened before. The story of Wendy and ThomââŹâ˘s marriage is told in reverse, moving backward through time to witness key moments from the coupleââŹâ˘s livesââŹâtheir fiftieth birthday party, buying their home, JasonââŹâ˘s birth, the mysterious death of a work colleagueââŹâall painting a portrait of a marriage defined by a single terrible act they plotted together many years ago.
Eventually we learn the details of what Thom and Wendy did in their early twenties, a secret that has kept them bound together through the length of their marriage. But its power over them is fraying, and each of them begins to wonder if they would be better off making sure their spouse carries their secrets to the grave.
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Hardcover | 288 pages
"A feat of structural magnificenceââŹâ the instant I turned theĂ final page, I flipped straight back to the start to put it all together again." ââŹâDanya Kukafka, nationally bestselling author ofĂ Notes on an ExecutionĂ
From theĂ New York TimesĂ bestselling author ofĂ The Kind Worth KillingĂ andĂ Eight Perfect MurdersĂ comes an inventive, utterly propulsive murder-mystery in reverse, tracing a marriage back in time to uncover the dark secret at its heart.
Thom and Wendy Graves have been married for over twenty-five years. They live in a beautiful Victorian on the north shore of Massachusetts. Wendy is a published poet and Thom teaches English literature at a nearby university. Their son, Jason, is all grown up. All is wellââŹÂŚexcept that Wendy wants to murder her husband.
What happens next has everything to do with what happened before. The story of Wendy and ThomââŹâ˘s marriage is told in reverse, moving backward through time to witness key moments from the coupleââŹâ˘s livesââŹâtheir fiftieth birthday party, buying their home, JasonââŹâ˘s birth, the mysterious death of a work colleagueââŹâall painting a portrait of a marriage defined by a single terrible act they plotted together many years ago.
Eventually we learn the details of what Thom and Wendy did in their early twenties, a secret that has kept them bound together through the length of their marriage. But its power over them is fraying, and each of them begins to wonder if they would be better off making sure their spouse carries their secrets to the grave.
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Hardcover | 288 pages
"A feat of structural magnificenceââŹâ the instant I turned theĂ final page, I flipped straight back to the start to put it all together again." ââŹâDanya Kukafka, nationally bestselling author ofĂ Notes on an ExecutionĂ
From theĂ New York TimesĂ bestselling author ofĂ The Kind Worth KillingĂ andĂ Eight Perfect MurdersĂ comes an inventive, utterly propulsive murder-mystery in reverse, tracing a marriage back in time to uncover the dark secret at its heart.
Thom and Wendy Graves have been married for over twenty-five years. They live in a beautiful Victorian on the north shore of Massachusetts. Wendy is a published poet and Thom teaches English literature at a nearby university. Their son, Jason, is all grown up. All is wellââŹÂŚexcept that Wendy wants to murder her husband.
What happens next has everything to do with what happened before. The story of Wendy and ThomââŹâ˘s marriage is told in reverse, moving backward through time to witness key moments from the coupleââŹâ˘s livesââŹâtheir fiftieth birthday party, buying their home, JasonââŹâ˘s birth, the mysterious death of a work colleagueââŹâall painting a portrait of a marriage defined by a single terrible act they plotted together many years ago.
Eventually we learn the details of what Thom and Wendy did in their early twenties, a secret that has kept them bound together through the length of their marriage. But its power over them is fraying, and each of them begins to wonder if they would be better off making sure their spouse carries their secrets to the grave.
