If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

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The international bestseller and sales sensation that Emily St. John Mandel calls, "A rare and extraordinary novel...and a genuinely breathtaking literary thriller."

Oliver Marks has just served ten years for the murder of one of his closest friends—a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the detective who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened ten years ago.

As a young actor studying Shakespeare at an elite arts conservatory, Oliver noticed that his talented classmates seem to play the same roles onstage and off—villain, hero, tyrant, temptress—though Oliver felt doomed to always be a secondary character in someone else’s story. But when the teachers change up the casting, a good-natured rivalry turns ugly, and the plays spill dangerously over into life.

When tragedy strikes, one of the seven friends is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.

Beautifully written with a thrilling plot, If We Were Villains is a story of friendship, passion, and obsession.

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Specs:
Sprayed Edges
368 pages | Paperback
8.2 in H | 5.4 in W | 1 in T | 0.7 lb Wt
ISBN: 9781250289780

The international bestseller and sales sensation that Emily St. John Mandel calls, "A rare and extraordinary novel...and a genuinely breathtaking literary thriller."

Oliver Marks has just served ten years for the murder of one of his closest friends—a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the detective who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened ten years ago.

As a young actor studying Shakespeare at an elite arts conservatory, Oliver noticed that his talented classmates seem to play the same roles onstage and off—villain, hero, tyrant, temptress—though Oliver felt doomed to always be a secondary character in someone else’s story. But when the teachers change up the casting, a good-natured rivalry turns ugly, and the plays spill dangerously over into life.

When tragedy strikes, one of the seven friends is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.

Beautifully written with a thrilling plot, If We Were Villains is a story of friendship, passion, and obsession.

Prefer Audiobooks? Don’t worry, you can order the audiobook and still support my shop!
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Specs:
Sprayed Edges
368 pages | Paperback
8.2 in H | 5.4 in W | 1 in T | 0.7 lb Wt
ISBN: 9781250289780

 

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"This is a rare and extraordinary novel: a vivid rendering of the closed world of a conservatory education, a tender and harrowing exploration of friendship, and a genuinely breathtaking literary thriller." -Emily St. John Mandel, New York Times bestselling author of Station Eleven

M. L. Rio is the author of international bestseller If We Were Villains, which has been published in twenty countries and eighteen languages. She holds an MA in Shakespeare studies from King’s College London and Shakespeare’s Globe and a PhD in English from the University of Maryland, College Park. Graveyard Shift is her first novella.

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