Maeve has everything. A high-powered job, a beautiful home, a string of uncomplicated one-night encounters. She’s also an addict: a functioning alcoholic with a dependence on sex and an insatiable appetite for killing men.
When she can’t find a support group to share her obsession, she creates her own. And Psychopaths Anonymous is born. Friends of Maeve. Now in a serious relationship, Maeve wants to keep the group a secret. But not everyone in the group adheres to the rules, and
when a reckless member raises suspicions with the police, Maeve’s drinking spirals out of control. She needs to stop killing. She needs to close the group.
But Maeve can’t seem to quit the things that are bad for her, including her new man...
"God, grant me the lack of empathy to kill the ones I cannot stand, apathy for the ones I can tolerate and detachment to know the difference. Thy kill, not mine, will be fun."
Let's just start by saying - if you're not ready for bloody graphic violence, sex and swearing, don't even both reading past the first line and put this book in the freezer where you can't see it. This is the type of book you'd assume has a cult following somewhere on the internet - this electrifying crime thriller is brutal, bloody and reaches into the darkest, most depraved parts of human nature.
Even if you're not an alcoholic sex addict with psychopathic murderous tendencies, it's terrifyingly easy to relate to Maeve, to feel some morbid curiosity and connection to her character. Even in her twisted, cynical voice she sometimes voices unkind and uncomfortable truths - like the fact sex workers and homeless people are often swept over in the media if they are victims of murder or any crime, that everyone will blame their choices and not the actual murderers themselves.
There is a lot of repeated themes - using the idea of the twelve steps programme and reliance on God to solve the problems of humanity - and while it took a while for this book to take off, when it did it was a total, chaotic bloodbath that stopped for no man.
The entire concept is something totally unique and had me looking at everyone suspiciously. I will definitely be eyeing up every bulletin board I see to make sure the Friends Of Maeve aren't too close by... Horrifically entertaining and engrossing, this book is the very definition of marmite fiction.
⭐⭐⭐⭐
About The Author
spent his early years in Germany, but returned to the UK at age eleven, when his
sporting career took off. He turned down a professional rugby contract to study
theatre and television at King Alfred’s, Winchester, where he set up a successful
theatre company. He currently runs his own fitness and nutrition company, and lives in Reading with his two children. Will’s latest title published by Orenda Books,
The Beresford was published in July. His previous title Hinton Hollow Death Trip was longlisted for the Not the Booker Prize, while Nothing Important Happened Today was longlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Good Samaritans was book of the year in Guardian, Telegraph and Daily Express, and hit number one on the ebook charts.
About The Publisher
Thank you to the author and Anne at Random Things Tours for inviting me to take part in this tour. I was gifted an advanced copy of this title in return for an honest review.
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