Ink Ribbon Red: A Novel [Hardcover]

A wickedly plotted new thriller, in which a group of friends play a deadly game that unwraps a motive for murder, from Alex Pavesi, the author ofThe Eighth Detective

Anatol invites five of his oldest friends to his family home in the Wiltshire countryside to celebrate his thirtieth birthday. At his request, they play a game of his invention called Motive Method Death. The rules are simple: Everyone chooses two players at random, then writes a short story in which one kills the other.

Points are awarded for making the murders feel real. Of course, its only natural for each friend to use what they know. Secrets. Grudges. Affairs. But once theyve put it in a story, each secret is out. Its not long before the game reawakens old resentments and brings private matters into the light of day. With each fictional crime, someone new gets a very real motive.

Can all six friends survive the weekend, or will truth turn out to be deadlier than fiction?

Alex Pavesilives in Surrey, England, where he writes full time. He previously worked as a software engineer and before that obtained a Ph.D. in Mathematics. He enjoys puzzles, long walks, and recreational lock picking. His debut novel,The Eighth Detective, has been published in more than twenty languages and was picked by theSunday Timesand theNew York Timesas one of their books of the year.

Ink Ribbon Redis a thriller for clever people. This dark-hearted, light-footed mystery-thriller  an inspired mash-up ofAnd Then There Were None, Clue, and Lucy Foley  plays fair, fierce, and fast: Like the what-could-go-wrong party game that goes very wrong indeed for its cast, its dangerous fun. Just the tonic for readers hungover on same-old-same-old crime fiction.
A. J. Finn, #1New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Woman in the Window

Ink Ribbon Redis the epitome of the artful murder mystery and Alex Pavesiló/