# Nothing Tastes as Good - Hardcover

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by **Luke Dumas** (Author)

**He finally got the body he wanted. Now he's hungry for something worse.**

**The nationally bestselling author of _The Paleontologist_ and _A History of Fear_ returns with a spine-tingling new thriller about a weight loss treatment with terrifying side effects.**

Retail worker Emmett Truesdale has never fit the Southern California mold of six-pack, suntanned masculinity. Over three hundred pounds, he carries the weight of his childhood trauma and millennial ennui around his waist and in his soul. After trying every diet under the sun, he remains stuck--in his dead-end job, in love, and in his body.

Desperate for help, he enrolls in a clinical trial for a new weight loss product called Obexity. The treatment is as horrifying as the results are miraculous and as Emmett sheds pounds at superhuman speed, every part of his life improves overnight.

Unfortunately, Obexity comes with some killer side effects, including lost stretches of time and overwhelming cravings. Worse, people who were cruel to him have started disappearing and when the police warn of a cannibalistic killer on the loose, he fears that Obexity is turning him into a monster. But how can he give it up now that people are finally starting to treat him like he's human?

Nerve-racking, sinister, and at times surreal, _Nothing Tastes as Good_ is an unputdownable thriller that combines the body horror and social commentary of _The Substance_ with the best of Stephen King and keeps you guessing until the final page.

### Author Biography

Luke Dumas is the _USA TODAY_ bestselling author of _The Paleontologist_ and _A History of Fear_. He is the winner of the 2024 ITW Thriller Award for Best Paperback Original, and his work has been optioned for film and TV. He received his master's degree in creative writing from the University of Edinburgh and has worked in nonprofit philanthropy for more than a decade. Luke was born and raised in San Diego, California, where he works for a biomedical research institute.

**Number of Pages:** 352

**Dimensions:** 1.5 x 8.9 x 6.1 IN

**Publication Date:** March 31, 2026

## Details

- **Price:** 36.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Horror, Literary, Price Written on Book, Psychological, Thrillers

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