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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...
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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 — 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 — Megan Collins
A gorgeously-written ragestorm of a thriller... will shock readers as much as it satisfies them — Wendy Heard
Grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go — 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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