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Sweetpea
Series: Sweetpea series
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Sweetpea is ideal for readers who enjoy dark, satirical thrillers with sharp humour and complex antiheroes. Fans of psychological crime stories and dark comedy will find it especially gripping.
TV series starring Ella Purnell now on Sky Atlantic!
The last person who called me ‘Sweetpea’ ended up dead…
Now a major new Sky TV series! The hilariously twisted serial killer thriller you can’t put down, perfect for 2026
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TV series starring Ella Purnell now on Sky Atlantic!
The last person who called me ‘Sweetpea’ ended up dead…
Rhiannon is your average girl next door, settled with her boyfriend and little dog…but she’s got a killer secret.
By day her job as an editorial assistant is demeaning and unsatisfying. By evening she dutifully listens to her friend’s plans for marriage and babies whilst secretly making a list.
A kill list.
From the man on the checkout who always mishandles her apples, to the driver who cuts her off on her way to work, to the people who have got it coming, Rhiannon’s ready to get her revenge.
Because the girl everyone overlooks might be able to get away with murder…
Readers are LOVING Sweetpea‘Visceral, chilling and absolutely downright thrilling: I wish I had read it sooner!’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Wickedly funny’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Brilliantly dark and twisted’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘This is one of the best books I have ever read’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Praise for Sweetpea and C.J. Skuse: "This darkly comic novel has the potential to become a cult classic" (Daily Mail), "Filthy and funny... a compulsive read" (Sunday Times), and "This isn’t a book for the squeamish or faint-hearted — think Bridget Jones meets American Psycho" (Red). Acclaimed authors also laud it as "dark, depraved and devilishly delicious" (John Marrs), "hilarious, refreshing, dark and memorable" (Phoebe Morgan), and "pitch dark, laugh-out-loud hilarious" (Susi Holliday). Fans praise its intriguing twists and wicked humour, likening Rhiannon’s sharp, acerbic voice to Fleabag.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780008620080
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 October 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: HQ
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 280g
Pages: 432
About the Author
CJ Skuse is the author of the novels Pretty Bad Things, Rockaholic, Dead Romantic, Monster and The Deviants. She was born in 1980 in Weston-super-Mare. She has First Class degrees in Creative Writing and, aside from writing novels, works as a freelance fiction consult and lectures at Bath Spa University.
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