Title: A Very Bad ThingAuthor: J.T. Ellison
Published by: Thomas & Mercer on Nov. 1, 2024
Genres: Mystery/Thriller
Pages: 495
Format: ARC, Paperback
Source: Firefly Distributed Lines
Book Rating: 8.5/10
From New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison comes a taut thriller about one author at the pinnacle of her career, whose past threatens to destroy everything she has—and everyone she knows.
A great writer knows when to deliver a juicy plot twist. But for one author, the biggest twist of all is her own murder.
With twenty hit titles, and a highly anticipated movie tie-in, celebrated novelist Columbia Jones is at the top of her game. Fans around the world adore her. But on the final night of her latest book tour, one face in the crowd makes the author collapse. And by the next morning, she’s lying dead in a pool of blood.
Columbia’s death shocks the world and leaves Darian, her daughter and publicist, reeling. The police have nothing to go on—at first. But then details emerge, pointing to the author’s illicit past. Turns out many people had motive to kill Columbia. And with a hungry reporter and frustrated cop on the trail, her secrets won’t stay buried long. But how many lives will they shatter as the truth comes out?
Review:
Crafty, intricate, and suspenseful!
A Very Bad Thing is an engrossing, ominous tale that transports you into the lives of a handful of characters whose lives are turned upside down when the sudden suspicious death of a highly successful writer causes long-buried secrets to finally come to light.
The prose is tight and intense. The characters are secretive, ruthless, and driven. And the plot unravels quickly into a gripping tale full of twists, turns, lies, deception, power, corruption, revelations, ambition, and violence.
Overall, A Very Bad Thing is a cunning, entertaining, tortuous tale by Ellison that is a highly satisfying read and an eerie reminder of just how far some people are willing to go for revenge and retribution.
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About J.T. Ellison
J.T. Ellison began her career as a presidential appointee in the White House, where a nuclear physicist taught her how to obsess over travel itineraries and make a seriously good pot of Earl Grey, spawning both her love of loose leaf and a desire for control of her own destiny. Jaded by the political climate in D.C., she made her way back to her first love, creative writing. More than 20 novels later, she is an award-winning New York Times and USA Today bestselling author with thrillers published in 27 countries and 15 languages. She is also the EMMY-award winning cohost of A WORD ON WORDS, a literary interview TV show. She lives in Nashville with her husband and two small gray minions, known as cats in some cultures. She thinks they’re furry aliens.
Photograph courtesy of Author's Goodreads Page.
