An Ethical Guide To Murder: The darkly twisted debut thriller of the year
Autor Jenny Morrisen Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 ian 2025
Ritmul este frenetic. Propozițiile scurte pulsează sub degetele cititorului. În An Ethical Guide To Murder, timpul nu se scurge pur și simplu; el se fură. Suntem de părere că Jenny Morris a reușit un debut percutant, o combinație de umor negru și dileme morale care te forțează să acționezi. Premisa este brutală: Thea, o tânără obișnuită, capătă puterea zeilor. O atingere îi spune când vei muri. O altă atingere îți poate fura ani din viață pentru a-i oferi altcuiva. Totul începe cu o tragedie într-o seară în oraș. Ruth, cea mai bună prietenă, este rănită mortal. Disperată, Thea absoarbe viața celui vinovat pentru a o resuscita pe Ruth. Dar timpul împrumutat are un preț. Apreciem modul în care autoarea construiește tensiunea prin acest „ghid etic” autoimpus. Este drept să ucizi un șef abuziv pentru a prelungi viața unui om bun? Cititorul care a apreciat dilema morală a „faptei bune” cu consecințe fatale din Dead Girls de Abigail Tarttelin va găsi aici o explorare similară a graniței fine dintre justiție și crimă — dar într-un context urban, contemporan și mult mai alert. Față de volumul următor al autoarei, How to Destroy Your Ex, care explorează tema răzbunării feministe în relații toxice, acest roman polițist ridică miza la nivel existențial. Nu este vorba doar despre distrugerea cuiva, ci despre dreptul de a decide cine respiră. Găsim în această carte o voce narativă cinică, dar vulnerabilă, care transformă o fantezie întunecată într-o cursă contra cronometru. Regulile etice ale protagonistei se prăbușesc rapid sub greutatea realității. Ruth moare din nou, încet, iar timpul se termină. Pentru toți.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781398534407
ISBN-10: 1398534404
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster UK
ISBN-10: 1398534404
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster UK
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De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm acest volum celor care caută un roman polițist cu elemente supranaturale și un ritm care nu lasă loc de respirație. Veți câștiga o perspectivă provocatoare asupra moralității și a valorii fiecărei secunde. Este lectura ideală pentru fanii volumului The Girl With All The Gifts, oferind aceeași tensiune psihologică, dar infuzată cu un umor negru, britanic, care face ca întrebările dificile despre viață și moarte să fie imposibil de ignorat.
Descriere scurtă
'[A] belting debut . . . This is high-concept, high-octane, hi-jinks and I'm here for it' Maz Evans
‘This original read is dark, funny and gripping’ heat, Book of the Week
How to Kill Your Family meets The Power in this entertaining and thought-provoking read, that asks:
If you had the power between life and death, what would you do?
Thea has a secret.
She can tell how long someone has left to live just by touching them.
Not only that, but she can transfer life from one person to another – something she finds out the hard way when her best friend Ruth suffers a fatal head injury on a night out.
Desperate to save her, Thea touches the arm of the man responsible when he comes to check if Ruth is all right. As Ruth comes to, the man quietly slumps to the ground, dead.
Thea realises that she has a godlike power: but despite deciding to use her ability for good, she can’t help but sometimes use it for her own benefit.
Boss annoying her at work? She can take some life from them and give it as a tip to her masseuse for a great job.
Creating an ‘Ethical Guide to Murder’ helps Thea to focus her new-found skills.
But as she embarks on her mission to punish the wicked and give the deserving more time, she finds that it isn’t as simple as she first thought.
How can she really know who deserves to die, and can she figure out her own rules before Ruth’s borrowed time runs out?
‘Jenny Morris’ remarkable debut novel resembles Naomi Alderman’s The Power, but she limits the ability to harm and sets the story in the present, not the future…(a) clever, beguiling novel’ The Times
‘Relatable, poignant, and filled with unexpected twists, An Ethical Guide to Murder is near-impossible to put down. I was hooked all the way up to the ending, which I can't stop thinking about. A must-read for 2025’ Jenny Hollander
‘An Ethical Guide to Murder is a fabulous book! Jenny Morris has taken the "with great power comes great responsibility" concept and applied it to someone who struggles to be responsible for her own laundry. Thea is a relatable, messy character whose trials and tribulations kept me laughing all the way to the emotional gut punch. What a marvellous debut!’ Alice Bell
‘An Ethical Guide to Murder is the best type of book – one that’s as entertaining as it is thought-provoking. With Thea, Jenny Morris has created one of the most interesting characters that I’ve read in a long time’ Kellye Garrett
‘This original read is dark, funny and gripping’ heat, Book of the Week
How to Kill Your Family meets The Power in this entertaining and thought-provoking read, that asks:
If you had the power between life and death, what would you do?
Thea has a secret.
She can tell how long someone has left to live just by touching them.
Not only that, but she can transfer life from one person to another – something she finds out the hard way when her best friend Ruth suffers a fatal head injury on a night out.
Desperate to save her, Thea touches the arm of the man responsible when he comes to check if Ruth is all right. As Ruth comes to, the man quietly slumps to the ground, dead.
Thea realises that she has a godlike power: but despite deciding to use her ability for good, she can’t help but sometimes use it for her own benefit.
Boss annoying her at work? She can take some life from them and give it as a tip to her masseuse for a great job.
Creating an ‘Ethical Guide to Murder’ helps Thea to focus her new-found skills.
But as she embarks on her mission to punish the wicked and give the deserving more time, she finds that it isn’t as simple as she first thought.
How can she really know who deserves to die, and can she figure out her own rules before Ruth’s borrowed time runs out?
‘Jenny Morris’ remarkable debut novel resembles Naomi Alderman’s The Power, but she limits the ability to harm and sets the story in the present, not the future…(a) clever, beguiling novel’ The Times
‘Relatable, poignant, and filled with unexpected twists, An Ethical Guide to Murder is near-impossible to put down. I was hooked all the way up to the ending, which I can't stop thinking about. A must-read for 2025’ Jenny Hollander
‘An Ethical Guide to Murder is a fabulous book! Jenny Morris has taken the "with great power comes great responsibility" concept and applied it to someone who struggles to be responsible for her own laundry. Thea is a relatable, messy character whose trials and tribulations kept me laughing all the way to the emotional gut punch. What a marvellous debut!’ Alice Bell
‘An Ethical Guide to Murder is the best type of book – one that’s as entertaining as it is thought-provoking. With Thea, Jenny Morris has created one of the most interesting characters that I’ve read in a long time’ Kellye Garrett
Notă biografică
Jenny Morris lives in Crowborough, the home of Winnie the Pooh and an outrageous number of charity shops. She loves a moral dilemma, and writes high-concept crime novels that explore deep philosophical questions like ‘How much would I have to pay you to eat a human toe?’ She has a PhD in Cognitive Psychology and works as a behavioural scientist. When not reading or writing, she enjoys galloping around the Ashdown Forest on a horse, foraging for mushrooms and getting way too intense about board games at the pub.
Recenzii
‘Jenny Morris’ remarkable debut novel resembles Naomi Alderman’s The Power, but she limits the ability to harm and sets the story in the present, not the future…(a) clever, beguiling novel’ The Sunday Times
‘This original read is dark, funny and gripping’ heat' Book of the Week
‘Also out in the middle of this month is Jenny Morris’s ingenious An Ethical Guide to Murder (Simon & Schuster (12hrs 43mins), narrated energetically by Nicky Diss. At its heart is a fantastical proposition and an equally unlikely character: Thea, who has the ability to tell how long you’re going to live and, if you’re not one of the good guys, to subtract your remaining years and give them to someone more deserving. The novel’s momentum — and its fun — comes from Thea’s qualms, and her consequent attempts to work out a set of rules to govern the use of her superpower’ Financial Times, Audiobook round up
‘Wittily written, it’s deeply emotional at times and I was surprised at my reaction (tears) at several points – but one of those must-talk about books’ Belfast Telegraph
‘An Ethical Guide to Murder will leave you pondering over deep issues that are often skated over in regular crime novels. What an excellent debut!’ Crime Fiction Lover
‘A bewitching, deadly and cleverly audacious read with psychological weight…and a dark heart’ Buzz Magazine
‘An Ethical Guide to Murder is a complex moral dilemma on who really determines what’s good and what’s bad, do bad people not deserve to live long lives, and whether the power for deciding that should sit with someone that’s not even in control of keeping on top of their own laundry! . . . [In Thea] Jenny Morris has written a complex and vulnerable character who is highly principled and incredibly naive in equal measure . . . Jenny Morris has lovely, fast paced writing style, peppered with good humour that breaks up some of the thornier moral questions and makes Thea a much more likeable character than she otherwise could be . . . It’s a fun read that could lean more towards cosy crime than a true thriller and might make for an entertaining Netflix drama ( think of The Obituary) and if you’re a fan of Bella Mackie’s How to Kill Your Family you’ll enjoy this debut from Jenny Morris just as much’ Interview Room One
‘An ambitious thriller with supernatural overtones, this debut crime novel by British behavioural scientist Jenny Morris balances sometimes comic thrills with questions of morality and certainly proves highly original’ Crime Time UK
‘Jenny Morris has taken the "with great power comes great responsibility" concept and applied it to someone who struggles to be responsible for her own laundry. Thea is a relatable, messy character whose trials and tribulations kept me laughing all the way to the emotional gut punch. What a marvellous debut!’ Alice Bell, author of Grave Expectations
‘Relatable, poignant, and filled with unexpected twists, An Ethical Guide to Murder is near-impossible to put down. I was hooked all the way up to the ending, which I can't stop thinking about. A must-read for 2025’ Jenny Hollander, author of Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead
‘An Ethical Guide to Murder is the best type of book – one that’s as entertaining as it is thought-provoking. With Thea, Jenny Morris has created one of the most interesting characters that I’ve read in a long time. Though you might not agree with every decision she makes, you’ll be fascinated just the same. This book should be on the top of your TBR pile’ Kellye Garrett, award-winning author of Missing White Woman
‘Is Thea a serial killer? Is she an avenging angel? Maybe she’s both. Fresh and fun, I loved this original take on the crime genre. Combining ethics with a good old revenge story, I raced through this unexpectedly poignant novel. A fabulous debut!’ Sam Holland, author of The Echo Man
‘A wonderfully hooky premise with the emotional depth to back it up, An Ethical Guide to Murder is a stellar debut from Jenny Morris. The Trolley Problem for the Uber age’ Callum McSorley, author of Squeaky Clean, winner of the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Novel of the Year 2024
‘A darkly compelling and brilliantly original take on power, morality, and consequence. Thea’s extraordinary gift is both a blessing and a curse, and watching her navigate the blurry line between justice and vengeance makes for an absolutely gripping read. With razor-sharp prose and wonderfully relatable characters, Morris asks the ultimate question: if you had the power of life and death, how far would you go? I couldn't put it down’ Amanda Cassidy, Irish Times Bestselling author of The Perfect Place
‘You do not want to miss this! A fresh, humorous yet thought-provoking tale of one ordinary, complex woman’s quest to put her superpower to good use. Thea’s dilemmas of who lives and who dies will keep you pounding through the pages with a smile on your face and an ache in your heart’ Graham Bartlett, author of City on Fire
‘A deliciously dark, entertainingly sincere Dexter meets Sophie's Choice. Loved it!’ Claire Wilson, author of Five by Five
‘An Ethical Guide to Murder is a thought-provoking whirlwind of a ride with unexpected twists, well-timed humor, and a propulsive plot. It kept me on my toes until the last page, and I'm still thinking about it!’ Gloria Chao, author of The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club and Ex Marks the Spot
'Thea’s gift of transferring life from one person to another begins as a darkly entertaining tale. Unnerved but empowered by her ability, this Robin Hood of life and death uses her skills to save her best friend. Her plan to do good by taking years of life from people who don’t deserve to have it and giving it to those that do is initially well meaning. But how can she really tell the difference? As events spiral and Thea struggles to cope with the ethics and unforeseen circumstances of her gift, An Ethical Guide to Murder takes a twist into the thought-provoking and poignant. Beautifully written, funny and heartbreaking, it asks questions that will stay with you long after the final page' Heather Critchlow, author of Unsound
‘This original read is dark, funny and gripping’ heat' Book of the Week
‘Also out in the middle of this month is Jenny Morris’s ingenious An Ethical Guide to Murder (Simon & Schuster (12hrs 43mins), narrated energetically by Nicky Diss. At its heart is a fantastical proposition and an equally unlikely character: Thea, who has the ability to tell how long you’re going to live and, if you’re not one of the good guys, to subtract your remaining years and give them to someone more deserving. The novel’s momentum — and its fun — comes from Thea’s qualms, and her consequent attempts to work out a set of rules to govern the use of her superpower’ Financial Times, Audiobook round up
‘Wittily written, it’s deeply emotional at times and I was surprised at my reaction (tears) at several points – but one of those must-talk about books’ Belfast Telegraph
‘An Ethical Guide to Murder will leave you pondering over deep issues that are often skated over in regular crime novels. What an excellent debut!’ Crime Fiction Lover
‘A bewitching, deadly and cleverly audacious read with psychological weight…and a dark heart’ Buzz Magazine
‘An Ethical Guide to Murder is a complex moral dilemma on who really determines what’s good and what’s bad, do bad people not deserve to live long lives, and whether the power for deciding that should sit with someone that’s not even in control of keeping on top of their own laundry! . . . [In Thea] Jenny Morris has written a complex and vulnerable character who is highly principled and incredibly naive in equal measure . . . Jenny Morris has lovely, fast paced writing style, peppered with good humour that breaks up some of the thornier moral questions and makes Thea a much more likeable character than she otherwise could be . . . It’s a fun read that could lean more towards cosy crime than a true thriller and might make for an entertaining Netflix drama ( think of The Obituary) and if you’re a fan of Bella Mackie’s How to Kill Your Family you’ll enjoy this debut from Jenny Morris just as much’ Interview Room One
‘An ambitious thriller with supernatural overtones, this debut crime novel by British behavioural scientist Jenny Morris balances sometimes comic thrills with questions of morality and certainly proves highly original’ Crime Time UK
‘Jenny Morris has taken the "with great power comes great responsibility" concept and applied it to someone who struggles to be responsible for her own laundry. Thea is a relatable, messy character whose trials and tribulations kept me laughing all the way to the emotional gut punch. What a marvellous debut!’ Alice Bell, author of Grave Expectations
‘Relatable, poignant, and filled with unexpected twists, An Ethical Guide to Murder is near-impossible to put down. I was hooked all the way up to the ending, which I can't stop thinking about. A must-read for 2025’ Jenny Hollander, author of Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead
‘An Ethical Guide to Murder is the best type of book – one that’s as entertaining as it is thought-provoking. With Thea, Jenny Morris has created one of the most interesting characters that I’ve read in a long time. Though you might not agree with every decision she makes, you’ll be fascinated just the same. This book should be on the top of your TBR pile’ Kellye Garrett, award-winning author of Missing White Woman
‘Is Thea a serial killer? Is she an avenging angel? Maybe she’s both. Fresh and fun, I loved this original take on the crime genre. Combining ethics with a good old revenge story, I raced through this unexpectedly poignant novel. A fabulous debut!’ Sam Holland, author of The Echo Man
‘A wonderfully hooky premise with the emotional depth to back it up, An Ethical Guide to Murder is a stellar debut from Jenny Morris. The Trolley Problem for the Uber age’ Callum McSorley, author of Squeaky Clean, winner of the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Novel of the Year 2024
‘A darkly compelling and brilliantly original take on power, morality, and consequence. Thea’s extraordinary gift is both a blessing and a curse, and watching her navigate the blurry line between justice and vengeance makes for an absolutely gripping read. With razor-sharp prose and wonderfully relatable characters, Morris asks the ultimate question: if you had the power of life and death, how far would you go? I couldn't put it down’ Amanda Cassidy, Irish Times Bestselling author of The Perfect Place
‘You do not want to miss this! A fresh, humorous yet thought-provoking tale of one ordinary, complex woman’s quest to put her superpower to good use. Thea’s dilemmas of who lives and who dies will keep you pounding through the pages with a smile on your face and an ache in your heart’ Graham Bartlett, author of City on Fire
‘A deliciously dark, entertainingly sincere Dexter meets Sophie's Choice. Loved it!’ Claire Wilson, author of Five by Five
‘An Ethical Guide to Murder is a thought-provoking whirlwind of a ride with unexpected twists, well-timed humor, and a propulsive plot. It kept me on my toes until the last page, and I'm still thinking about it!’ Gloria Chao, author of The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club and Ex Marks the Spot
'Thea’s gift of transferring life from one person to another begins as a darkly entertaining tale. Unnerved but empowered by her ability, this Robin Hood of life and death uses her skills to save her best friend. Her plan to do good by taking years of life from people who don’t deserve to have it and giving it to those that do is initially well meaning. But how can she really tell the difference? As events spiral and Thea struggles to cope with the ethics and unforeseen circumstances of her gift, An Ethical Guide to Murder takes a twist into the thought-provoking and poignant. Beautifully written, funny and heartbreaking, it asks questions that will stay with you long after the final page' Heather Critchlow, author of Unsound