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Murder is money, and business is booming... The unmissable new dark academia novel, perfect for fans of Wednesday, If We Were Villains and Ninth House.
'A TOUR DE FORCE: WITTY, THRILLING AND DELICIOUSLY CRUEL' Lev Grossman
The Mortons are a modern day, old money dynasty with impeccable taste, from exquisite cocktails and expertly tailored vintage garments to stone cold murder.
Jessica is their golden child, a perfectly crafted apprentice to the Morton legacy. She has always excelled, and now, having committed her first kill whilst at elite college Helshire, she can finally stake her claim as a fully blooded Morton. This is her moment, her honour.
She has trained for this since birth, but in a family built on the bones of their secrets, where failure means erasure, can loyalty always come above care?
Genre: Mystery
'A TOUR DE FORCE: WITTY, THRILLING AND DELICIOUSLY CRUEL' Lev Grossman
The Mortons are a modern day, old money dynasty with impeccable taste, from exquisite cocktails and expertly tailored vintage garments to stone cold murder.
Jessica is their golden child, a perfectly crafted apprentice to the Morton legacy. She has always excelled, and now, having committed her first kill whilst at elite college Helshire, she can finally stake her claim as a fully blooded Morton. This is her moment, her honour.
She has trained for this since birth, but in a family built on the bones of their secrets, where failure means erasure, can loyalty always come above care?
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"Lush and darkly funny, The Mortons is a moreish, enveloping crime epic." - Flynn Berry
"Diabolical and delicious, the world of the Mortons - a murderous family dynasty - is as real and tangible as the one we inhabit. So much so that I'm not entirely sure they aren't out there, scheming, culling and blooding their brood, one at a time. Watch your back. Utterly delightful and disturbing." - Julie Clark
"Succession meets The Secret History. Contemporary dark academia at its best." - Will Dean
"The Mortons is a tour de force: witty, thrilling, and deliciously cruel. Enjoy it with a stiff cocktail." - Lev Grossman
"The Mortons are the most spectacularly unhinged crime family ever imagined. Their story hurtled along so fast and surprised me so often I was shocked to realize I'd been contemplating and recalibrating my moral compass as I read. An absolute delight." - E Lockhart
"Slippery, sinister, and so much fun." - Charlotte McConaghy
"Stunningly original and fiendishly good. The Mortons left me reeling. A masterclass in moral ambiguity and shocking twists." - Sarah Pekkanen
"Dark academia has never been so dark, nor family legacy so beguilingly treacherous! Sinister, shocking, and tantalizingly possible, The Secret History meets Succession in this epic and utterly chilling family saga. What makes us who we are, and how can our moral codes be twisted to into cold and ruthless alliance? Identity, loyalty, and the power of personal decision all teeter on the precipice in this tour de force of storytelling - and I held my breath through the entire book. Call your book club and settle in - you will never be the same after you meet the Mortons." - Hank Phillippi Ryan
"The Mortons is twisty and twisted fun. Truly original!" - Tracy Sierra
"This diabolical novel reads like a mashup of Succession and The Umbrella Academy, except set within an old-money family of assassins. With its knife-sharp writing, rocket fuel pacing, and air of mystery, The Mortons is easy to get lost in, all the way up to the brutal end." - Ashley Winstead
"Diabolical and delicious, the world of the Mortons - a murderous family dynasty - is as real and tangible as the one we inhabit. So much so that I'm not entirely sure they aren't out there, scheming, culling and blooding their brood, one at a time. Watch your back. Utterly delightful and disturbing." - Julie Clark
"Succession meets The Secret History. Contemporary dark academia at its best." - Will Dean
"The Mortons is a tour de force: witty, thrilling, and deliciously cruel. Enjoy it with a stiff cocktail." - Lev Grossman
"The Mortons are the most spectacularly unhinged crime family ever imagined. Their story hurtled along so fast and surprised me so often I was shocked to realize I'd been contemplating and recalibrating my moral compass as I read. An absolute delight." - E Lockhart
"Slippery, sinister, and so much fun." - Charlotte McConaghy
"Stunningly original and fiendishly good. The Mortons left me reeling. A masterclass in moral ambiguity and shocking twists." - Sarah Pekkanen
"Dark academia has never been so dark, nor family legacy so beguilingly treacherous! Sinister, shocking, and tantalizingly possible, The Secret History meets Succession in this epic and utterly chilling family saga. What makes us who we are, and how can our moral codes be twisted to into cold and ruthless alliance? Identity, loyalty, and the power of personal decision all teeter on the precipice in this tour de force of storytelling - and I held my breath through the entire book. Call your book club and settle in - you will never be the same after you meet the Mortons." - Hank Phillippi Ryan
"The Mortons is twisty and twisted fun. Truly original!" - Tracy Sierra
"This diabolical novel reads like a mashup of Succession and The Umbrella Academy, except set within an old-money family of assassins. With its knife-sharp writing, rocket fuel pacing, and air of mystery, The Mortons is easy to get lost in, all the way up to the brutal end." - Ashley Winstead
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