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Nothing Important Happened Today - by Will Carver (Paperback)

Nothing Important Happened Today - by  Will Carver (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Nine people arrive one night on Chelsea Bridge. They've never met. But at the same time, they run and leap to their deaths. Each of them received a letter in the post that morning, a pre-written suicide note and a page containing only four words: Nothing important happened today. That is how they knew they had been chosen to become a part of The People Of Choice: A mysterious suicide cult whose members have no knowledge of one another. By the morning, People Of Choice are appearing around the globe: a decapitation in Germany, a public shooting at a university in Bordeaux; in Illinois, a sports team stands around the centre circle of the football pitch and pulls the trigger of the gun pressed to the temple of the person on their right. It becomes a movement. A social media page that has lain dormant for four years suddenly has thousands of followers. The police are under pressure to find a link between the cult members, to locate a leader that does not seem to exist. But how do you stop a cult when people don't know they're members?"--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>When strangers take part in a series of group suicides, everything suggests that a cult is to blame. How do you stop a cult when nobody knows they are a member? <p/> ***Telegraph Book of the Year*** <br> ***Longlisted for Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award*** <br> ***Longlisted for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2020***</b> <p/> 'Heavy gusts of bedsit nihilism usher in this strange mystery ... weirdly page-turning' <b><i>Sunday Times</i></b> <p/> 'Laying bare our 21st-century weaknesses and dilemmas, Carver has created a highly original state-of-the-nation novel' <b><i>Literary Review</i></b> <p/> 'Arguably the most original crime novel published this year' <b><i>Independent</i></b> <p/> _________________ <p/><b>Nine suicides <br> One Cult <br> No leader</b> <p/> Nine people arrive one night on Chelsea Bridge. They've never met. But at the same time, they run, and leap to their deaths. Each of them received a letter in the post that morning, a pre-written suicide note, and a page containing only four words: Nothing important happened today. <p/> That is how they knew they had been chosen to become a part of the People Of Choice: A mysterious suicide cult whose members have no knowledge of one another. <p/> Thirty-two people on that train witness the event. Two of them will be next. By the morning, People Of Choice are appearing around the globe; it becomes a movement. A social media page that has lain dormant for four years suddenly has thousands of followers. The police are under pressure to find a link between the cult members, to locate a leader that does not seem to exist. <p/> How do you stop a cult when nobody knows they are a member? <p/> _________________ <p/> 'Cements Carver as one of the most exciting authors in Britain. After this, he'll have his own cult following' <b><i>Daily Express</i></b> <p/> 'At once fantastical and appallingly plausible ... this mesmeric novel paints a thought-provoking if depressing picture of modern life' <b><i>Guardian</i></b> <p/> 'This book is most memorable for its unrepentant darkness...' <b><i>Telegraph</i></b> <p/> 'Unlike anything else you'll read this year' <b><i>Heat</i></b> <p/> 'Utterly mesmerising...' <b><i>Crime Monthly</i></b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Fans of classic downbeat noir from Cornell Woolrich and the like will find Carver has brilliantly translated their themes for the 21st century." --<i><b>Publishers Weekly</b></i>, <i>starred</i> review<br><br>"Thrilling and completely original, <i>Nothing Important Happened Today </i>deserves to become an instant classic." --Kevin Wignall, author, <i>When We Were Lost</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Will Carver</b> is the author of the January David series. His book <i>Good Samaritans </i>was book of the year in the<i> Guardian</i>, the <i>Telegraph</i> and the <i>Daily Express</i>.

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