Hello! Welcome to JuliaPalooza for my stop on the Blog Tour for You’d Look Better as A Ghost by Joanna Wallace, which is out now.
About the book
I have a gift. I see people as ghosts before they die.
Of course, it helps that I’m the one killing them.The night after her father’s funeral, Claire meets Lucas in a bar. Lucas doesn’t know it, but it’s not a chance meeting. One thoughtless mistyped email has put him in the crosshairs of an extremely put-out serial killer. But before they make eye contact, before Claire lets him buy her a drink, even before she takes him home and carves him up into little pieces, something about that night is very wrong. Because someone is watching Claire. Someone who is about to discover her murderous little hobby.
The thing is, it’s not sensible to tangle with a part-time serial killer, even one who is distracted by attending a weekly bereavement support group and trying to get her art career off the ground. Let the games begin…
Dexter meets Killing Eve in this superb thriller, perfect for fans of How To Kill Your Family and My Sister the Serial Killer.
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I was drawn to You’d Look Better as A Ghost by both the synopsis and by its colourful cover. The story grabbed me with its suddenly shocking prologue and the darkly humorous first chapter. It reminded me of Sweetpea, which I absolutely loved.
Claire is a serial killer at a difficult point in her life, having just lost her beloved dad, and a rash decision one evening leads to the start of her cosy – albeit peculiar – existence unravelling. We are privy to all of Claire’s thoughts and misdeeds, and I was guilty of a voyeuristic curiosity as to what she would do next or how far she would go to get out of the situations she finds herself in.
The book is engaging throughout, with twists and turns and more dark humour, and some interesting things to say about grief and life in general on the way. I’d be interested to read more from Joanna Wallace.
Thank you to the publisher for my copy of the book and to Random Things Tours for my spot on the tour.
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About the author
Joanna Wallace worked as a solicitor until an autoimmune condition took away some of her sight. She now volunteers at a charity helpline and runs a family business with her husband.
She was partly inspired to write You’d Look Better as A Ghost following her father’s diagnosis of early onset dementia.
Joanna lives near London with her husband, four children and two dogs.
About the Blog Tour
Please check out the rest of the great posts on the tour for You’d Look Better as A Ghost:
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