# Death of a Bookseller

**THE INSTANT _SUNDAY TIMES_ BESTSELLER!**  
**LONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2024**  
**\*\*\* SHORTLISTED FOR THE DEBUT OF THE YEAR at the FINGERPRINT AWARDS \*\*\***  
  
**WOULD YOU KILL FOR A GOOD STORY?**  
  
'A confident, sassy, pitch-black debut' **CAROLINE KEPNES**  
'Your new obsession' **ERIN KELLY**  
'Savage, witty and all-consuming' **ABIGAIL DEAN**  
'A dark masterpiece. It will work its way under your skin like a splinter' **CATRIONA WARD**  
  
**\*\*\*\*\*  
Roach** - bookseller, loner and true crime fanatic- is not interested in making friends. She has all the company she needs in her serial killer books, murder podcasts and her pet snail, Bleep.  
  
That is, until **Laura** joins the bookshop.  
  
With her cute literary tote bags and sunny smile, she's everyone's favourite bookseller. But beneath the shiny veneer, Roach senses a darkness within Laura, the same darkness Roach possesses.  
  
And as curiosity blooms into morbid obsession, Roach becomes determined to be a part of Laura's story - whether Laura wants her in it or not.  
\*\*\*\*\*  
  
'A spectacularly **creepy** debut ... a **tense** and **disturbing** read' _GUARDIAN_  
'**Tense**, **addictive** and sticky underfoot' JULIA ARMFIELD  
'A **sharp** and **creepy** debut thriller' _DAILY MAIL_  
'Utterly **unforgettable**' CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD  
'Delightfully **dark**' _COSMOPOLITAN, Best New Books_  
'**Engrossing**, **atmospheric** and **deliciously dark**' WILL DEAN  
'**Uncomfortable**, **claustrophobic**, and **you won't take your eyes off the pages**' _BELFAST TELEGRAPH_  
'**Impossible to put down**' ELIZA CLARK  
'A **sinister** and **tense** debut that will **chill you to the core'** _PLATINUM MAGAZINE_  
'**Relentlessly creepy** and deeply **compulsive**' HEATHER DARWENT

## Details

- **Price:** 0.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** Hodder & Stoughton
- **Type:** Alice Slater

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> Updated: 2026-09-02