They Never Learn

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The queer feminist serial killer novel of the summer. They Never Learn is about good women who kill very bad men and get away with it - for fans of Bella Mackie and dark academia. Deliciously dark, razor-sharp, and unapologetically wrong in all the right ways... Read More
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They Never Learn

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The queer feminist serial killer novel of the summer. They Never Learn is about good women who kill very bad men and get away with it - for fans of Bella Mackie and dark academia.

Deliciously dark, razor-sharp, and unapologetically wrong in all the right ways β€” C.J. Skuse, author of SWEETPEA

He wasn't afraid of me. That was his first mistake.

Read the cult word-of-mouth hit readers are obsessed with:

Such an incredible read!

Holy hell this book was fun!

Included all the things I like in fiction... vigilantism/revenge, cold, calculating women, themes of obsession, queer desire

Amazing twists!

You guys NEED TO READ THIS!

Scarlett Clark is an exceptional English professor and an even better serial killer. She's made it her mission in life to track down predatory men on campus and kill them, and she's preparing for her biggest murder yet.

Carly Schiller is just trying to survive her freshman year at college - keeping her head down and focussing on work. But when her roommate Allison is assaulted at a party, Carly becomes obsessed with making the attacker pay.

When police start investigating the spate of local deaths, Scarlett starts to realise it's only a matter of time before her secret life is exposed and everything she's built comes crashing down with it...

Deliciously satisfying... The feminist revenge thriller we need and deserve β€” Megan Collins

A gorgeously-written ragestorm of a thriller... will shock readers as much as it satisfies them β€” Wendy Heard

Grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go β€” Samantha Downing

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529967760

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 July 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Layne Fargo has a background in theatre, women's studies and library science, so it's only fitting that she now writes deliciously dramatic, unapologetically feminist stories for a living. She's the author of psychological thrillers They Never Learn and Temper, as well as co-author on the bestselling Young Rich Widows series, and her work has been translated into over a dozen languages. Layne lives in Chicago with her partner, their pets and an ever-expanding collection of books she's definitely going to read before she dies.

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