Ink Ribbon Red - Alex Pavesi, Penguin Books Ltd

The problem with telling tales is that you might get caught out by the twist: pre-order the most original literary thriller of 2025, from the author of the sensational Eight Detectives&quot,The master puppeteer of literary crime&quot, JANICE HALLETT&quot,Today's greatest exponent of playful detective fiction&quot, GUARDIAN**********Six friends gather at a country house for a birthday weekend. They decide to play a game. All six names go in a hat.Choose two, and imagine one murdering the other. Write it down. Type it up.Read it out. Points are given for making the murders sound convincing. Of course, when given such a task, it’s only natural to use what you know.Secrets. Grudges. Affairs.But once you’ve put it in a story, that secret is out. So with each fictional murder, someone gets a motive for a real one. Which leads to the most important question:When a real murder comes, will you be able to spot it in time?********** Praise for Alex Pavesi's sensational bestseller, Eight Detectives…‘One of the year's most entertaining crime novels’ Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month‘So, so clever .&amp,nbsp,. . Agatha Christie would take her hat off to this one - bravo!’ Sarah Pinborough‘A wonderfully tricksy debut and a loving tribute to the golden age of crime fiction’ Mail on Sunday‘A box of delights .&amp,nbsp,. . Pavesi's revelations are completely unexpected, right up to the end’ New York Times