We are back with the amazing Orenda Books today with Will Carver's latest literary thriller, Suicide Thursday which was published on November 24th. I also have the chance for you to win a print copy. Details of how to enter can be found at the foot of this post.
Eli Hagin can’t finish anything.
He hates his job, but
can’t seem to quit. He doesn’t want to be with his girlfriend, but
doesn’t know how end things with her, either. Eli wants to write a
novel, but he’s never taken a story beyond the first chapter.
Eli also has trouble separating reality from fiction.
When
his best friend kills himself, Eli is motivated, for the first time in
his life, to finally end something himself, just as Mike did…
Except
sessions with his therapist suggest that Eli’s most recent ‘first
chapters’ are not as fictitious as he had intended … and a series of
text messages that Mike received before his death point to something
much, much darker…
My Thoughts
It's time for another completely original thriller from Will Carver, which will keep you right on the edge of understanding what is going on! The timeline fluctuates back and forward in the days before and after ‘Suicide Thursday’ and you see the point of views of several of the characters with Eli the central protagonist. I found my opinion of Eli, Jackie, his girlfriend, and Mike kept altering as the author teased you with what might be happening.
With tension throughout, there is nevertheless a deep seam of black humour running throughout the story. Written in a distinctive literary fashion, I appreciated the different tone which emerged in the first chapters which Eli was writing. The central death is raw and uncompromising with those left behind struggling to make sense of events. This is an unusual and thought provoking thriller which shows Will Carver’s talent as a distinctive and original writer.
In short: dark humour and deadly deeds
About the Author
Will Carver is the international bestselling author of the
January David series. He spent his early years in Germany, but returned to the
UK at age eleven, when his sporting career took off. He turned down a
professional rugby contract to study
theatre and television
at King Alfred’s,
Winchester, where he
set up a
successful theatre company.
He currently runs
his own fitness
and nutrition company, and lives in Reading with his two
children. Will’s latest title published by
Orenda Books, Hinton
Hollow Death Trip
was longlisted for
the Not the
Booker Prize, while Nothing Important Happened Today was longlisted for
the Theakston’s Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year and for the Goldsboro
Books Glass Bell. Good Samaritans was a book of the year in Guardian, Telegraph
and Daily Express, and hit number one on the eBook charts.
You can read my review of Good Samaritans here. Nothing Important Happened Today here, Hinton Hollow Death Trap here and The Beresford here and Psychopaths Anonymous here.
Thanks to Will Carver, Karen Sullivan and Anne Cater of Orenda Books for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.
Be sure to check out the rest of this tour!
Giveaway (UK only)
To win a print copy of Suicide Thursday, just Follow and Retweet the pinned tweet at @bookslifethings and good luck!
Closing date is December 1st 2022 and there is one winner.
*Terms and Conditions – UK only. The winner will be selected at
random via Tweetdraw from all valid entries and will be notified by Twitter
and/or email. If no response is received within 7 days then I reserve the right
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competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with
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to the giveaway organiser and used only for fulfilment of the prize. I am not
responsible for despatch or delivery of the prize.
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