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Ink Ribbon Red

By: Alex Pavesi
Narrated by: Dino Fetscher
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Six friends gather at a country house for a birthday weekend. They decide to play a game.

All six names go in a hat. Choose two, and imagine one murdering the other. Write it down. Type it up. Read it out.

Points are given for making the murders sound convincing.

Of course, when given such a task, it’s only natural to use what you know. Secrets. Grudges. Affairs.

But once you’ve put it in a story, that secret is out.

So with each fictional murder, someone gets a motive for a real one.

Which leads to the most important question:

When a real murder comes, will you be able to spot it in time?

"The master puppeteer of literary crime" JANICE HALLETT

"Today's greatest exponent of playful detective fiction" GUARDIAN

©2024 Alex Pavesi (P)2024 Penguin Audio Crime Fiction Suspense Traditional Detectives
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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)
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)
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)

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Very disappointing

For quite some time, I thought the bad writing was a deliberate clue to each author - until I realised it wasn’t. It’s just bad writing.
The book is riddled with tortuous language and peopled by a languid bunch with no redeeming qualities.
Worst of all, it’s dull and repetitive.
The narration was great, though.

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Just brilliant

Loved this book. Well crafted with twists that kept me hooked. Dino Fetscher’s narration was also spot on.

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Atrocious

Had no idea what was going on and didn't care. It never once held my attention.

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