How to Kill a Crime Writer

Sarah Lotz author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Published:26th Feb '26

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A funny, gripping, bookish murder mystery thriller for 2026 from the award-winning author

She wrote for a living. But who wanted her dead?She wrote for a living. But who wanted her dead?

When bestselling author Annie Morrissey is found dead, her daughter Niamh knows in her gut it’s no accident – even if the case needs a good edit.

The village is strangely uneventful.

The suspects are suspiciously normal.

The leads quickly turn into dead ends…

But when Annie’s final manuscript lands on the doormat, the pages humming with mystery and suspense, the lines between fiction and reality begin to blur.

This can’t be a coincidence.

Because if Niamh learnt anything from her mother’s crime fiction, it’s that there’s no such thing. And that village secrets never stay buried for long…

From the award-winning novelist & screenwriter, How to Kill a Crime Writer is a funny, mind-bending and brilliantly original mystery that will stay with you long after the final page.

Praise for Sarah Lotz:

'Hard to put down and vastly entertaining' STEPHEN KING

'A ferociously imaginative storyteller whose twisty plots will kick the stairs out from under you' LAUREN BEUKES

‘Holy s***. This book. I loved everything about it' GILLIAN MCALLISTER

'This high-concept thriller is a blast' GUARDIAN

‘An absolutely addictive read … Genuinely unputdownable’ JENNIFER SAINT

'What an absolute joy of a book!' SARAH PINBOROUGH

ISBN: 9780008464059

Dimensions: 240mm x 159mm x 36mm

Weight: 600g

384 pages