Murder Your Darlings - by Jenna Blum (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

"Authors and book tours, stalkers and deadlines, horrid men and ice cold revenge . . . Murder Your Darlings will have you cracking up while you're checking under your bed."--Karin Slaughter, New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author

For every woman who's ever fallen for a bad man comes a hilarious and eviscerating tale of love, loss, and deadlines from New York Times bestselling author Jenna Blum.

Known for such brilliant historical novels as Those Who Save Us and The Lost Family, A Mighty Blaze co-founder and New York Times bestselling author Jenna Blum now offers a contemporary, suspenseful novel about love, loss, and revenge in the world of books.

Simone "Sam" Vetiver is a mid-career novelist finishing a lukewarm publicity tour while facing a deadline for a new book on which she's totally blocked. Recently divorced, Sam is worrying where her life is going when she receives glowing fan mail from stratospherically successful author William Corwyn, renowned for his female-centric novels. When William and Sam meet and his literary sympathy is as intense as their chemistry, both writers think they've found The One.

But as in their own novels, things between Sam and William are not what they seem. William has multiple stalkers, including a scarily persistent one named The Rabbit. He lives on a remote Maine island, where his writer life resembles The Shining. And when writers turn up dead, including from The Darlings support group William runs, Sam has to ask: Is it The Rabbit--William's #1 Stalker? Another woman scorned? Can William be everything he seems?

Narrated by Sam, William, and The Rabbit, Murder Your Darlings is a wickedly witty look at today's literary landscape and down-the-rabbit-hole tale of how far people will go for love.

Review Quotes

"Authors and book tours, stalkers and deadlines, horrid men and ice cold revenge . . . Murder Your Darlings will have you cracking up while you're checking under your bed." -- Karin Slaughter, New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author

"Deftly executed, deeply moving, and full of heart, Jenna Blum's The Lost Family is an evocative look at the legacy of war and how it impacts one memorable family." -- Jami Attenberg, bestselling author of The Middlesteins, on The Lost Family

"Blum avoids the sap of happy endings and easy resolutions in this perfect encapsulation of the changing times and turbulence of mid- and late-20th-century America." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Lost Family

"Blum plumbs the depths of loss and love in this exquisite page-turner." -- People on The Lost Family

"When I say Jenna Blum's Woodrow on the Bench wrecked me and that I'm now sobbing and eating all the chocolate, I mean it in the best way possible." -- Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here, on Woodrow on the Bench

"The brilliance of dogs shines brightest when their complexity is reduced to its simplest form: be there for me; love me. In Jenna Blum's wonderful, moving memoir, the depth of this simplicity is made clear by the author's relationship with the noble, lovable Woodrow, an old dog with a soul so big, it spills over and changes everyone he touches. Woodrow on the Bench is a 'girl and her dog' story for the ages!" -- Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain, on Woodrow on the Bench

"Wise, wrenching, and devastatingly beautiful. . . . This book is a gem. Read it. You'll love it and you'll love Woodrow, and you'll glimpse love in all its majesty." -- Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of The Lioness, on Woodrow on the Bench