Ink Ribbon Red

A spectacularly complex, crafty puzzle with characters who come more and more to life as the stakes get higher * Mail on Sunday * Ink Ribbon Red is the epitome of the artful murder mystery and Alex Pavesi the master puppeteer of literary crime, creating a unique yet relatable cast on pages that won’t stop turning. I was utterly hooked -- Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal Fun * Guardian * Ink Ribbon Red is a thriller for clever people. This dark-hearted, light-footed mystery-thriller — an inspired mash-up of And Then There Were None, Cluedo, and Lucy Foley — plays fair, fierce, and fast: like the what-could-go-wrong party game that goes very wrong indeed for its cast, it’s dangerous fun, and just the tonic for readers hungover on same-old-same-old crime fiction. -- A.J. Finn There are reveals within reveals as the bamboozled reader tries to decide what’s real and what isn’t. More fun than Eight Detectives * The Times * A new spin on the traditional country house murder . . . when the style is this good, it’s worth the investment. * Irish News * Exquisitely original -- Ragnar Jonasson A brilliant work of illusion: murders, real and imagined, nestled within one another! The clues are all there, if you can see them. A book you finish and then start again just to see how thoroughly you’ve been fooled! -- Guy Morpuss, author of Black Lake Manor Quirky and unpredictable, Ink Ribbon Red is a Rubik's cube of unreliable narratives -- Martin Edwards Praise for Alex Pavesi's sensational bestseller, Eight Detectives -- : One of the year's most entertaining crime novels * SUNDAY TIMES, CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH * So, so clever . . . Agatha Christie would take her hat off to this one - bravo! -- Sarah Pinborough A wonderfully tricksy debut and a loving tribute to the golden age of crime fiction * Mail on Sunday * A box of delights . . . Pavesi's revelations are completely unexpected, right up to the end * New York Times *