Five Minds

A Financial Times Book of the Year

Guy Morpuss author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Profile Books Ltd

Published:14th Apr '22

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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle meets Westworld in this stunning high-concept crime thriller of multiple minds, changing allegiances and revenge

'Addictive' - THE TIMES 'Marvellously twisty, with the clockwork ingenuity of Agatha Christie' - FINANCIAL TIMES SHARING A BODY CAN BE MURDER Alex, Kate, Mike, Sierra and Ben have spent twenty-five years trapped together. And there's no escape. They share one body, part of humanity's answer to its dangerously spiralling population. After more than two decades of bickering and petty vendettas, the one thing they can agree on is that they need a better host, and so they travel to a Death Park where they can win enough to get them the upgrades that will make the next twenty-five years bearable. But things go very wrong when Kate accepts a dangerous offer, and one of them disappears. Someone is trying to kill off members of the commune. But why? Is one of them responsible? Or is an outsider playing a deadly game? It's hard enough to catch a murderer. It's almost impossible when you might be sharing a body with them... 'Gripping and intriguing on every level' - SARAH PEARSE, author of THE SANATORIUM 'A dazzling, thrilling rollercoaster ride' - ALEX PAVESI, author of EIGHT DETECTIVES

The ultimate whodunit conundrum, this amazing concept blew my mind from the start. A thrilling, intelligent read -- Janice Hallett, author of THE APPEAL
A pacy, exciting and most unusual crime story * Guardian *
This thriller is science fiction wrapped in a murder mystery that scrambles and blows your mind... It is an addictive read that will remain with you long after you emerge blinking from the rabbit hole * The Times *
A marvellously twisty whodunnit [with] the brutal, clockwork ingenuity of an Agatha Christie mystery * Financial Times *
A dazzling, thrilling rollercoaster ride: five strangers forced to share a body in a resource-depleted future find themselves caught up in a murder mystery. Full of ideas and excitement, it's a gripping fast-paced read -- Alex Pavesi, author of EIGHT DETECTIVES
My mind is officially blown! This clever, twisty debut really delivers. Gripping, well-written and intriguing on every level -- Sarah Pearse, bestselling author of THE SANATORIUM
Gripping, fast-paced and incredibly original. Five Minds is out of this world in the best possible way -- Allie Reynolds, author of SHIVER
Guy Morpuss is set to become a powerhouse in speculative crime. Tense, dark, gritty and high-concept, it's a feast of a book -- Helen Fields, author of A PERFECT CRIME
Five Minds spearheads an exciting new trend in speculative fiction, with a mind-stretching and irresistible premise deftly spun into a twisty, page-turning action-thriller. Clever, cool and thoroughly entertaining -- Philippa East, author of LITTLE WHITE LIES
A whip-smart, searing debut with a story which grinds into the mind like cursed clockwork. I really loved it -- Matt Wesolowski, author of SIX STORIES

ISBN: 9781788165686

Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 28mm

Weight: 280g

320 pages

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