Kill Show: an utterly gripping, genre-bending crime thriller - welcome to your new obsession...
By (Author) Daniel Sweren-Becker
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder Paperback
18th January 2024
5th October 2023
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery fiction
813.6
Paperback
240
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 22mm
180g
THE NATION IS OBSESSED. WHAT HAPPENED TO SARA
A MISSING GIRL On a crisp April morning, Sara Parcell disappears without a trace. No one saw a thing. A NATIONAL OBSESSIONDesperate, her family agree to take part in a reality TV show following Sara's case. Cameras swarm the house. Viewers tune in. The addiction begins...A HIDDEN AGENDAAs the show gains traction, what began as a small-town crime becomes a global sensation. Everyone who knew Sara is questioned on camera - but the producers want more. Hungry for twists, they delve deeper into the story - and soon, it takes on a life of its own. Where is Sara What do her family know And how far will any of us go to create a good showRiveting, original, and chillingly plausible, Kill Show is both an urgent reckoning with the ethics of true crime and a tense, twisty mystery in its own right. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. -- Flynn Berry, Edgar Award-Winning Author of Northern Spy
A truly modern morality play, in a unique and compelling style, that reflects on the uncomfortable connections between greed, ambition, and violence. Kill Show takes a sleepy, suburban town and turns it into a true-crime battlefield as events careen out of control. Smart, twisty, satisfying. -- Andrew Gross, New York Times bestselling author
Frequent foreshadowing fosters tension and drive, while keenly rendered characters with distinct voices and unique perspectives add dimension and verisimilitude. . . . .Sweren-Becker delivers a riveting work of fiction that doubles as scathing social commentary about America's true-crime obsession. * Kirkus Reviews *
Daniel Sweren-Becker is an author, television writer, and playwright living in Los Angeles. His play Stress Positions premiered in New York City at the SoHo Playhouse. He grew up in Manhattan. He is the author of the YA novels The Ones and The Equals. This is his first book for adults.