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I'll Smile More When You're Dead

(2026)
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IT TOOK HER 10 MINUTES TO LOVE HIM...
AND 10 YEARS TO KILL HIM.

Another gripping thriller from the author of
It Was Always You, The Girl in the Fire, and The Good Life, I’ll Smile More When You’re Dead will keep you guessing until the final twist!

When Lauren Hearst discovered her book club was special—as in, they-can-rid-the-world-of-terrible-men-without-leaving-the-couch special—she brought a bottle of Pinot Grigio and a list. But when their group of vigilante feminists choose Lauren's brother-in-law as their next target, she realizes her book club might be more about causing trauma than healing it.

Professor Lauren Hearst is getting by just fine, thank you very much—if you call being addicted to sleeping pills, avoiding your twin sister's husband because you're in love with him, and bottling up an indeterminate rage ‘fine'. When fellow academic Sybil Fellcourt invites her to join her book club, Lauren considers it a good opportunity to expand her horizons. What she doesn't realize is these women chose her for a reason—and that they're not a book club. As violent men on campus start dying from supposed suicides, Lauren realizes Sybil and her fellow book club members have a collective power born of their own traumas. A power they believe Lauren also possesses, given her past. As the book club's goals become more destructive and Lauren considers leaving them behind, Sybil discloses their next target: Lauren's brother-in-law, Arne. The man Lauren has secretly loved for ten years. As she sets out to exonerate him from Sybil's accusations, Lauren uncovers secrets long hidden in her town, her family, and her own mind. When it becomes clear Arne isn't the man she thought he was, she must decide whether she'll let her newfound power transform her life or destroy it.




Genre: Mystery

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