You Killed Me First cover art

You Killed Me First

Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

You Killed Me First

By: John Marrs
Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden, Moira Quirk, Clare Corbett, Deepa Samuel, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Steve West, Gail Shalan, Rachael Beresford
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £22.99

Buy Now for £22.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

“Electrifying and page-turning, John Marrs is not to be missed.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden

"I am such a fan of John Marrs' books and You Killed Me First is another five star read."—#1Sunday Times bestselling author Sarah Pinborough

"This is trademark John Marrs and then some."—Sunday Times bestselling author Andrea Mara

Three women. Three smouldering secrets. Who will make it out alive?

It’s 5 November, and a woman awakens to a nightmare. Bound and gagged, she lies trapped in the heart of a towering bonfire. As the smoke thickens, panic sets in–she’s moments away from being engulfed in flames. How did it come to this?

Rewind eleven months: Margot, a faded TV star, and her long-suffering friend Anna watch as glamorous Liv and her flawless family move into their street. The three women soon fabricate the perfect pretence of friendship, but each harbours her own deadly secret–and newcomer Liv senses something is terribly wrong beneath the polished exteriors.

As cracks widen in the veneer of perfection and lies escalate out of control, tension ignites. Bonfire Night is approaching and someone is set to burn…But who will it be?

©2025 by John Marrs. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Crime Fiction Domestic Thrillers Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting Scary

Listeners also enjoyed...

Her Last Move cover art
The Stranger in Her House cover art
What Lies Between Us cover art
The Psychopath Next Door cover art
Keep It in the Family cover art
The Good Samaritan cover art
When You Disappeared cover art
The Last Party cover art
The Tenant cover art
The Swimmer cover art
Love, Mom cover art
The Retreat cover art
The Butcher cover art
The Darkest Water cover art
Follow You Home cover art
The Husband cover art

Critic reviews

“A cast of narrators bring their talents to this psychological thriller about three neighbors—wealthy women with deep, dark secrets.… Knowelden as Margot takes listeners on a wild ride of privilege, while Quirk keeps Anna buttoned-up and neutral to infighting. Corbett, as Liv, is underhanded and manipulative. The other narrators take the smaller parts of previous victims. As the women piece together their individual stories, someone will be the next victim, but who?”AudioFile Magazine

“The most chilling opening I’ve ever read in any book—a superb start to a stellar thriller. This is trademark John Marrs and then some! Clever, twisty, dark, surprising, propulsive—an elevated thriller that readers will devour. I loved it.”Sunday Times bestselling author Andrea Mara

“Three deliciously devious women and a suburban setting alight with toxic secrets makes for an absolute scorcher of a read. Taut, smart, and breathlessly twisty—a surefire hit.”—Ellery Lloyd

All stars
Most relevant  
Really enjoyed this book. Excellent performance and probably one of my favourites from John Marrs

Difficult to stop listening

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

what a rollercoaster of chills and spine tingling twists! I could not put this book down! three friends with secrets they will do anything to protect. toxicity really does mean that they are keeping their friends close and enemies closer.

opens and ends in chills!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Wow, first read from John Marrs, Will be reading his back catalogue now, love this

Great story,

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Another great book from Marrs! Lots of twists, kept me guessing. Definitely buy! You will really like it

Excellent

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You don’t make sense of it at first , then it starts hitting you ! Brillant characters , killer opening, nicely narrated. First I read of him. Looking forward to more like this one.

Perfect twists

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

This was easy-listening and pretty well-narrated. I got into it quickly and was intrigued as to where it was going. However, to me, it was overly long and asks you to suspend your disbelief just that bit too much. It all becomes pretty ridiculous and I started to lose interest and was ready for the story to end. Not one of my favourites of his novels unfortunately.

Unique story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

To be completely honest I didn’t get into the story straight away but once I had got to know the characters and their. Audios backstories I really couldn’t stop listening! The complex way the characters interact and the sheer number of twists and turns was enthralling.

John Marrs is quickly becoming one of my absolute favourites. This was just genius!

Absolutely incredibly brilliant!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

John Marrs is SO GOOD and this has probably been my second favourite book of his

so much fun

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Honestly amazing, 10000000 stars, so many twists. Such a good listen. Would recommend so much.

Wow ! 10/10 !! Amazing got me out of my reading slump

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

John Marrs delivers again. Amazing storytelling. Unpredictable, with multi faceted characters. Narration is superb. Highly recommend

Book of the year so far

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

See more reviews