An Ethical Guide To Murder: She can take years off your life. Don't annoy her.
Autor Jenny Morrisen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 iul 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: 9781398534438
ISBN-10: 1398534439
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 130 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster UK
ISBN-10: 1398534439
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 130 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster UK
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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
Revenge is best served pre-ordered. How to Destroy Your Ex, the wickedly funny new novel from Jenny Morris, is available for pre-order now.
How to Kill Your Family meets The Husbands in a darkly funny, wickedly original novel about friendship, revenge and the dangers of playing God.
Thea has a gift. Or possibly a serious ethical problem.
With a single touch, she can see exactly how long someone has left to live. She can also take that time from them and give it to somebody else.
She discovers this when her best friend Ruth suffers a fatal head injury on a night out. Panicking, Thea grabs the man responsible. Ruth wakes up. He falls down dead.
Now Thea has the power of life and death at her fingertips - and she is determined to use it responsibly.
Mostly.
Because surely her dreadful boss can spare a few months. And doesn’t the masseuse who finally sorted out her shoulders deserve a generous tip?
To keep herself on the straight and narrow, Thea writes an Ethical Guide to Murder: rules governing who deserves to lose time, who deserves to gain it and how to make the world just a little bit fairer.
But justice is complicated. Revenge is tempting. And absolute power is alarmingly easy to justify.
As Thea’s rules begin to unravel, she must decide who she is willing to kill - and whether she can save Ruth before her borrowed time runs out.
Murderously funny, sharply observed and unexpectedly moving, An Ethical Guide to Murder asks how far you would go for the person you love - and whether anyone should have the power to decide who deserves more time.
‘A marvellous debut! 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’
Alice Bell
‘As entertaining as it is thought-provoking . . . one of the most interesting characters that I’ve read in a long time’
Kellye Garrett
‘Fresh and fun . . . Combining ethics with a good old revenge story, I raced through this unexpectedly poignant novel’
Sam Holland
‘Relatable, poignant, and filled with unexpected twists’
Jenny Hollander
How to Kill Your Family meets The Husbands in a darkly funny, wickedly original novel about friendship, revenge and the dangers of playing God.
Thea has a gift. Or possibly a serious ethical problem.
With a single touch, she can see exactly how long someone has left to live. She can also take that time from them and give it to somebody else.
She discovers this when her best friend Ruth suffers a fatal head injury on a night out. Panicking, Thea grabs the man responsible. Ruth wakes up. He falls down dead.
Now Thea has the power of life and death at her fingertips - and she is determined to use it responsibly.
Mostly.
Because surely her dreadful boss can spare a few months. And doesn’t the masseuse who finally sorted out her shoulders deserve a generous tip?
To keep herself on the straight and narrow, Thea writes an Ethical Guide to Murder: rules governing who deserves to lose time, who deserves to gain it and how to make the world just a little bit fairer.
But justice is complicated. Revenge is tempting. And absolute power is alarmingly easy to justify.
As Thea’s rules begin to unravel, she must decide who she is willing to kill - and whether she can save Ruth before her borrowed time runs out.
Murderously funny, sharply observed and unexpectedly moving, An Ethical Guide to Murder asks how far you would go for the person you love - and whether anyone should have the power to decide who deserves more time.
‘A marvellous debut! 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’
Alice Bell
‘As entertaining as it is thought-provoking . . . one of the most interesting characters that I’ve read in a long time’
Kellye Garrett
‘Fresh and fun . . . Combining ethics with a good old revenge story, I raced through this unexpectedly poignant novel’
Sam Holland
‘Relatable, poignant, and filled with unexpected twists’
Jenny Hollander
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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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, author of Grave Expectations
‘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, 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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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, author of Grave Expectations
‘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, 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
‘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
Descriere
She can take years off your life. Don’t annoy her. A darkly funny, wickedly original novel about friendship, revenge and the dangers of playing God.