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You'd Look Better as a Ghost

By: Joanna Wallace
Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
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Publisher's summary

National bestseller

“Refreshingly original and laugh-out-loud funny.”—Clare Mackintosh, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Party

A comic thriller following the trials and tribulations of Claire, a part-time serial killer, who is keen to keep her favorite hobby a secret—despite the efforts of a determined blackmailer

The night after her father's funeral, Claire meets Lucas in a bar. Lucas doesn't know it, but it's not a chance meeting. One thoughtless mistyped email has put him in the crosshairs of an extremely put-out serial killer. But before they make eye contact, before Claire lets him buy her a drink—even before she takes him home and carves him up into little pieces—something about that night is very wrong. Because someone is watching Claire. Someone who is about to discover her murderous little hobby.

The thing is, it's not sensible to tangle with a part-time serial killer, even one who is distracted by attending a weekly bereavement support group and trying to get her art career off the ground. Will Claire finish off her blackmailer before her pursuer reveals all? Let the games begin . . .

©2024 Joanna Wallace (P)2024 Penguin Audio
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Critic reviews

“Dark, creepy, and wholly fascinating, Wallace's imagining of the mind of a successful serial killer will be appreciated by readers who don’t mind sleeping with one eye open.”Booklist

“Deliciously eerie and darkly funny. . . an uncommonly assured debut from a promising new voice in crime fiction.”—Publishers Weekly

“The female serial killer as antihero is a growing subgenre (see Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer, 2018), and Wallace’s sociopathic protagonist is a mordantly amusing addition. . . Dexter meets Killing Eve.”Kirkus

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Comedy 🤝 murder

This was such a fun book club read! I found myself laughing at parts, sad at others, and overall engaged with the storyline.

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Dark Humor Well Done!

Fun dark humor novel! Brought me out of a reading slump! The main character, while terrible, made me root for her. Well done.

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Did not expect that!

I really enjoyed the story and twist. A dark humor I can enjoy. It was hard to put down the book!

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tasty bad

a scrumptious vicarious fantasy for anyone annoyed by loud talkers, thoughtless people, or basically anyone who has been fed up enough to want to shove someone out a window

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Solid Meh

I was so hopeful because I LOVED the dead pan writing style. the story felt a bit rushed and jumpy.

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Genuinely interesting to hear a story from the perspective of someone this damaged

The protagonist is an absolutely rotten husk of a person through and through, experiencing positivity so rarely it feels shocking when it happens. Every thought she has is laced with pure venom for everyone and everything around her and the writing carries this through so well it begins to get boring after 2/3 of the story. Thankfully this is when all the mystery threads start coming together so we have less judgy inner monologue than before so it’s not a big deal. Likewise the narrator does an EXCELLENT job of providing uncomfortable and awkward tones and volume to some characters, also to the point of near annoyance. It’s hard to fault a performance for being too good at being irritating but there were times I was seconds away from skipping ahead past certain characters every time they spoke.

Enjoyable premise and a fun mystery that twists well when it should with an utterly despicable protagonist.

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Could have been better

The story could have been better. Some parts were too long due to unneeded details.

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The picture

I love the serial killer personality. I really love the story telling. There could not been a better way to tell or to write this story.

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Witty Thriller

I adored the honest wit and dry humor of the main character, as she struggled to fit in with “normal people”.

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Very interesting fast paced read. I really had fun reading this.

Good story, Great vocal performance, I really enjoyed the pacing, the dialog and the way the book ended. It did get a little rushed the last few chapters but it was overall a really satisfying story.

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