When strangers take part in a series of group suicides, everything suggests that a cult is to blame. How do you stop a cult when nobody knows they are a member? ***Telegraph Book of the Year*** ***Longlisted for Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award*** ***Longlisted for Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2020*** Heavy gusts of bedsit nihilism usher in this strange mystery weirdly page-turning Sunday Times Laying bare our 21st-century weaknesses and dilemmas, Carver has created a highly original state-of-the-nation novel Literary Review Arguably the most original crime novel published this year Independent _________________ Nine suicides One Cult No leader Nine people arrive one night on Chelsea Bridge. Theyve never met. But at the same time, they run, and leap to their deaths. Each of them received a letter in the post that morning, a pre-written suicide note, and a page containing only four words: Nothing important happened today. That is how they knew they had been chosen to become a part of the People Of Choice: A mysterious suicide cult whose members have no knowledge of one another. Thirty-two people on that train witness the event. Two of them will be next. By the morning, People Of Choice are appearing around the globe; it becomes a movement. A social media page that has lain dormant for four years suddenly has thousands of followers. The police are under pressure to find a link between the cult members, to locate a leader that does not seem to exist. How do you stop a cult when nobody knows they are a member? _________________ Cements Carver as one of the most exciting authors in Britain. After this, hell have his own cult following Daily Express At once fantastical and appallingly plausible this mesmeric novel paints a thought-provoking if depressing picture of modern life Guardian This book is most memorable for its unrepentant darkness Telegraph Unlike anything else youll read this year Heat Utterly mesmerising Crime Monthly Autorid: Will Carver
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