Description
From the author of The Blondes comes a twisted, darkly humorous story about a woman's attempted murder, her lost memories, and the old friends who try to put her back together-or finish her off for good. When Mia Sinclair-Kroner wakes from a coma, all she can remember are the movies she's known and loved. Her college friends quickly assemble for a weekend party, in an effort to help her remember. But with old friends come old wounds, and it soon becomes clear that Mia's accident might not have been an accident at all. Was it Agnes, driven by her unspoken resentments? Or Zoey, who covets everything Mia has? Have the years apart only fanned the extinguished flame between Ethan and Mia, compelling him to violence? Or did Victor, who moved away, return with an agenda? Or was it Martin, the wealthy husband, who put a country estate between Mia and her past? As old tensions and new suspicions rise, these friends must wade through their film knowledge, shared history, and everything that's kept them apart in order to figure out which one of them is trying to end things once and for all.
About the Author
Emily Schultz is the cofounder of Joyland Magazine. Her most recent novel, Little Threats, was published by GP Putnam's Sons and was named an Apple Books Best of November 2020 pick. Her novel The Blondes released in the United States with St. Martin's Press and Picador, in France with Asphalte Editions, and in Canada with Doubleday. It was named a Best Book of 2015 by NPR and Kirkus Reviews. The Blondes was produced as a scripted podcast starring Madeline Zima (Twin Peaks), created by Schultz and Brian J. Davis. Her writing has appeared in Elle, Slate, Evergreen Review, Vice, Today's Parent, Hazlitt, the Hopkins Review, and Prairie Schooner. She lives in Brooklyn, where she is a producer with the indie media company Heroic Collective. Her next novel will be Brooklyn Kills Me, also from Thomas & Mercer. www.emilyschultz.com
Reviews
Praise for Sleeping with Friends "Funny, sarcastic, and unavoidably tragic...Schultz's handling of means, motive, and opportunity cements her, once again, as a dependable and bitingly clever writer." -Booklist "This propulsive thriller will have you on the edge of your seat as old friends reunite to solve a mystery that implicates them all. Schultz raises questions of art and artifice, memory and trust, all while telling a page-turning, unputdownable story." -Anna North, New York Times bestselling author of Outlawed Praise for Little Threats "Fans of Tana French, Kimberly Belle, and Orange Is the New Black will fall under this book's spell...Terse and tense, Little Threats investigates righteous anger, teenage angst, and the enormity of setting the record straight." -Booklist "A taut psychological thriller...Schultz knows how to keep the reader engrossed." -Publishers Weekly "Brilliantly structured and gorgeously written, Little Threats is a captivating mystery about a young woman accused of a brutal murder-one she isn't sure she committed. It's a story of love and loss, the power of guilt, and the savagely delicate fabric of family." -Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia and A Good Marriage "Emily Schultz unfolds her story with masterful precision and restraint, delivering a novel that is pure emotional dynamite." -Wendy Walker, bestselling author of The Night Before "A pulsating mystery, where small details enlighten and illuminate." -Lori Lansens, author of The Girls and This Little Light "Emily Schultz's Little Threats is a complex, powerful, emotionally wrenching thriller with a deceptively simple premise: What if you agreed to serve fifteen years in prison for a murder you have no memory of committing? Intense, twisty, and compelling-once you begin reading, you won't be able to stop!" -Karen Dionne, author of the #1 internationally bestselling The Marsh King's Daughter "At its heart, Little Threats is a devastating and elegiac novel about teenage friendships, sexuality, drug use, and, ultimately, betrayal. Emily Schultz is unflinching in revealing the way prison isn't merely a place but a feeling that can haunt a girl who grew into a woman behind bars. Freedom isn't absolution, and the answers are as painful as the questions in this heart-stopping, powerful story." -Bryn Greenwood, author of The Reckless Oath We Made and All the Ugly and Wonderful Things "Little Threats hooked me from the first line. A gripping, haunting story about family, memory, and, most of all, grief-this book is difficult to put down and more difficult to stop thinking about." -Rob Hart, author of The Warehouse "Emily Schultz's Little Threats is an exquisitely written and thrilling novel about growing up and breaking apart, about the past refusing to loosen its grip on us, and about the impossibility of going back and righting the wrongs that send us spiraling out of control. And, of course, it's a whale of a whodunnit. This is a riveting and powerful novel about friendship and fate, youth and time, and the toll these things take on all of us. Don't miss it!" -David Bell, USA Today bestselling author of The Request Praise for The Blondes "The Blondes is scary and deeply, bitingly funny-a satire about gender that kept me reading until four in the morning-and a fine addition to the all-too-small genre of feminist horror." -NPR (a Great Reads 2015 selection) "The Blondes is intelligent, mesmerizing, and fearless. An entirely original and beautifully twisted satire with a heart of darkness." -Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven "A nail-biter that is equal parts suspense, science fiction, and a funny, dark send-up of the stranglehold of gender." -Kirkus Reviews, Best Books of 2015 "Funny, horrific, and frighteningly realistic, Schultz's second novel is a must-read." -The Library Journal (starred) "A ferociously clever, exceedingly well-written variation on the pandemic novel...This canny, suspenseful, acidly observant satire cradles an intimate, poignant, and hilarious story of one lonely, stoic, young mother-to-be caught up in surreal and terrifying situations." -Booklist (starred) "This frighteningly realistic nail-biter is as acidly funny as it is twisted." -People Magazine "Schultz spins an eerie tale with perspective into our cultural attitudes about beauty." -Entertainment Weekly "Skin-crawling, Cronenbergian satire." -Rue Morgue "Corrosively humorous commentary on social, sexual, and cross-border politics." -Toronto Star "Emily Schultz balances biting humor and thrilling suspense in a complex story." -Us Weekly "The Blondes [aims] to be both a realist narrative about loneliness, insecurities, and maternal anxieties and a fantastical, not-quite-allegorical tale of a semiapocalypse. It's a testament to author Emily Schultz's immense gifts with tone, detail, and the crafting of a compelling first-person voice that this novel is never less than engaging even when this balance begins to feel absurd." -National Post "A wild and smart look at cultural theory, gender roles, and societal expectations." -LongReads "A campy, King-inspired nightmare sure to satisfy the scream queens in the audience." -Bustle "The Blondes, by Emily Schultz, gives a twisted meaning to the phrase 'blondes have more fun.' I giggled and shivered." -Minnesota Journal Sentinel "With a lively sense of danger...and an absurdist but compelling feminist premise, the book has the enviable qualities of a smart page-turner." -Flavorwire "A hybrid novel, at the crossroads of the history of zombies, a nightmare scenario, and the story of an adulterous liaison gone wrong, The Blondes is bathed in light humor and self-mockery." -Christian Desmeules, Le Devoir
Book Information
ISBN 9781662513480
Author Emily Schultz
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Thomas & Mercer
Publisher Amazon Publishing
About the Author
Emily Schultz is the cofounder of Joyland Magazine. Her most recent novel, Little Threats, was published by GP Putnam's Sons and was named an Apple Books Best of November 2020 pick. Her novel The Blondes released in the United States with St. Martin's Press and Picador, in France with Asphalte Editions, and in Canada with Doubleday. It was named a Best Book of 2015 by NPR and Kirkus Reviews. The Blondes was produced as a scripted podcast starring Madeline Zima (Twin Peaks), created by Schultz and Brian J. Davis. Her writing has appeared in Elle, Slate, Evergreen Review, Vice, Today's Parent, Hazlitt, the Hopkins Review, and Prairie Schooner. She lives in Brooklyn, where she is a producer with the indie media company Heroic Collective. Her next novel will be Brooklyn Kills Me, also from Thomas & Mercer. www.emilyschultz.com
Reviews
Praise for Sleeping with Friends "Funny, sarcastic, and unavoidably tragic...Schultz's handling of means, motive, and opportunity cements her, once again, as a dependable and bitingly clever writer." -Booklist "This propulsive thriller will have you on the edge of your seat as old friends reunite to solve a mystery that implicates them all. Schultz raises questions of art and artifice, memory and trust, all while telling a page-turning, unputdownable story." -Anna North, New York Times bestselling author of Outlawed Praise for Little Threats "Fans of Tana French, Kimberly Belle, and Orange Is the New Black will fall under this book's spell...Terse and tense, Little Threats investigates righteous anger, teenage angst, and the enormity of setting the record straight." -Booklist "A taut psychological thriller...Schultz knows how to keep the reader engrossed." -Publishers Weekly "Brilliantly structured and gorgeously written, Little Threats is a captivating mystery about a young woman accused of a brutal murder-one she isn't sure she committed. It's a story of love and loss, the power of guilt, and the savagely delicate fabric of family." -Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia and A Good Marriage "Emily Schultz unfolds her story with masterful precision and restraint, delivering a novel that is pure emotional dynamite." -Wendy Walker, bestselling author of The Night Before "A pulsating mystery, where small details enlighten and illuminate." -Lori Lansens, author of The Girls and This Little Light "Emily Schultz's Little Threats is a complex, powerful, emotionally wrenching thriller with a deceptively simple premise: What if you agreed to serve fifteen years in prison for a murder you have no memory of committing? Intense, twisty, and compelling-once you begin reading, you won't be able to stop!" -Karen Dionne, author of the #1 internationally bestselling The Marsh King's Daughter "At its heart, Little Threats is a devastating and elegiac novel about teenage friendships, sexuality, drug use, and, ultimately, betrayal. Emily Schultz is unflinching in revealing the way prison isn't merely a place but a feeling that can haunt a girl who grew into a woman behind bars. Freedom isn't absolution, and the answers are as painful as the questions in this heart-stopping, powerful story." -Bryn Greenwood, author of The Reckless Oath We Made and All the Ugly and Wonderful Things "Little Threats hooked me from the first line. A gripping, haunting story about family, memory, and, most of all, grief-this book is difficult to put down and more difficult to stop thinking about." -Rob Hart, author of The Warehouse "Emily Schultz's Little Threats is an exquisitely written and thrilling novel about growing up and breaking apart, about the past refusing to loosen its grip on us, and about the impossibility of going back and righting the wrongs that send us spiraling out of control. And, of course, it's a whale of a whodunnit. This is a riveting and powerful novel about friendship and fate, youth and time, and the toll these things take on all of us. Don't miss it!" -David Bell, USA Today bestselling author of The Request Praise for The Blondes "The Blondes is scary and deeply, bitingly funny-a satire about gender that kept me reading until four in the morning-and a fine addition to the all-too-small genre of feminist horror." -NPR (a Great Reads 2015 selection) "The Blondes is intelligent, mesmerizing, and fearless. An entirely original and beautifully twisted satire with a heart of darkness." -Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven "A nail-biter that is equal parts suspense, science fiction, and a funny, dark send-up of the stranglehold of gender." -Kirkus Reviews, Best Books of 2015 "Funny, horrific, and frighteningly realistic, Schultz's second novel is a must-read." -The Library Journal (starred) "A ferociously clever, exceedingly well-written variation on the pandemic novel...This canny, suspenseful, acidly observant satire cradles an intimate, poignant, and hilarious story of one lonely, stoic, young mother-to-be caught up in surreal and terrifying situations." -Booklist (starred) "This frighteningly realistic nail-biter is as acidly funny as it is twisted." -People Magazine "Schultz spins an eerie tale with perspective into our cultural attitudes about beauty." -Entertainment Weekly "Skin-crawling, Cronenbergian satire." -Rue Morgue "Corrosively humorous commentary on social, sexual, and cross-border politics." -Toronto Star "Emily Schultz balances biting humor and thrilling suspense in a complex story." -Us Weekly "The Blondes [aims] to be both a realist narrative about loneliness, insecurities, and maternal anxieties and a fantastical, not-quite-allegorical tale of a semiapocalypse. It's a testament to author Emily Schultz's immense gifts with tone, detail, and the crafting of a compelling first-person voice that this novel is never less than engaging even when this balance begins to feel absurd." -National Post "A wild and smart look at cultural theory, gender roles, and societal expectations." -LongReads "A campy, King-inspired nightmare sure to satisfy the scream queens in the audience." -Bustle "The Blondes, by Emily Schultz, gives a twisted meaning to the phrase 'blondes have more fun.' I giggled and shivered." -Minnesota Journal Sentinel "With a lively sense of danger...and an absurdist but compelling feminist premise, the book has the enviable qualities of a smart page-turner." -Flavorwire "A hybrid novel, at the crossroads of the history of zombies, a nightmare scenario, and the story of an adulterous liaison gone wrong, The Blondes is bathed in light humor and self-mockery." -Christian Desmeules, Le Devoir
Book Information
ISBN 9781662513480
Author Emily Schultz
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Thomas & Mercer
Publisher Amazon Publishing
