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Better The Devil: Gritty and gripping queer thriller from the bestselling author of All That's Left in the World

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

Better The Devil: Gritty and gripping queer thriller from the bestselling author of All That's Left in the World

Contributors:

By (Author) Erik J. Brown

ISBN:

9781444973556

Publisher:

Hachette Children's Group

Imprint:

Hodder Children's Books

Publication Date:

20th January 2026

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Children

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Other Subjects:

Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQIA+
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance a

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

320

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm

Description

The Reappearance of Rachel Price meets They Both Die at the End in this gripping queer thriller filled with stolen identity, true crime and first love, from the bestselling author of All That's Left in the World.

Desperate to escape conversion therapy, a queer sixteen-year-old runaway steals the identity of a missing boy. But when Nathaniel Beaumont's family come to take him home, 'Nate' is trapped in a web of lies.

Then he meets Miles - the cute, clever and true-crime-obsessed boy next-door - and his cover is blown. Rather than turn him in, Miles agrees to help 'Nate' in exchange for exposing the truth about what happened to his childhood friend.

But as their investigation turns dangerous and their feelings turn real, time is running out to discover why Nathaniel Beaumont disappeared. . . and who might want to keep it that way.

Author Bio

Erik J. Brown wrote this book. Despite his inability to write a compelling author bio, Erik was selected as a 2021 Lambda Literary Emerging Writers Fellow. When not writing genre-blending books for young adults, he enjoys traveling and embarking on the relentless quest of appeasing his Shiba Inu. He lives in Philadelphia with his husband. ALL THAT'S LEFT IN THE WORLD is his debut novel.

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