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Published: 29th August 2024
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Published: 29th September 2024
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Published: 15th April 2025
The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin
By (Author) DG Coutinho
Vintage Publishing
Harvill Secker
29th September 2024
29th August 2024
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Humorous fiction
Contemporary lifestyle fiction
Narrative theme: Diversity, equality, inclusion
Finance and the finance industry
823.92
Hardback
336
Width 166mm, Height 242mm, Spine 34mm
539g
Business can be murder, but it turns out murder can also be good business... from the Bloody Scotland Harvill Secker Crime Writing Award comes a darkly comic new thriller. Ellen is tired of being overshadowed at work. Tired of watching less competent, entitled suits take the promotions she's earned. But when one of them pushes her too far, things take a murderous turn. And it turns out the darker Ellen goes, the shinier her future starts to look. Business can be murder, but it turns out murder can also be good business for Ellen. Torn between capitalising on her newfound success and desperately covering her tracks she soon discovers that others in the company are also interested in dramatically adjusting its toxic office culture. Will she be able to survive the competition
DG Coutinho won the Bloody Scotland Harvill Secker Crime Writing Award in 2022. She was also nominated for the The British LGBT Awards 2022 Outstanding Contribution to LGBT+ Life Award. The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin is her first novel.