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Thriller / suspense fiction

THEY NEVER LEARN

Layne Fargo

From the author of the "raw, ingenious, and utterly fearless" (USA Today bestselling author Wendy Walker) Temper comes an addictive psychological thriller about two women who give bad men exactly what they deserve.

Scarlett Clark is an exceptional English professor. But she's even better at getting away with murder. Every year, she finds the worst man at Gorman University and plots his well-deserved demise. Thanks to her meticulous planning, she's avoided suspicion so far, but as she's preparing for her biggest kill yet, the school appoints her alluring colleague Dr. Mina Pierce to probe into the growing body count on campus. Determined to keep her enemies close, Scarlett insinuates herself into the investigation (and Mina's bed). Everything's going according to her master planuntil she loses control with her latest victim, putting her secret life at serious risk of exposure. Meanwhile, Gorman student Carly Schiller is just trying to survive her freshman year. Finally free of her emotionally abusive father, all Carly wants is to focus on her studies and fade into the background. Her new roommate has other ideas. Allison Hadley is cool and confidenteverything Carly wishes she could beand the two girls quickly form an intense friendship. When Allison is sexually assaulted at a party, Carly becomes obsessed with making the attacker pay . . . and turning her violent revenge fantasies into a reality. With Layne Fargo's signature "propulsive writing style" (Kirkus) and "violently sensuous suspense" (BookPage), THEY NEVER LEARN is a feminist serial killer story perfect for fans of Killing Eve and Chelsea Cain. Layne Fargo is the author of the thrillers Temper and They Never Learn. She's a Pitch Wars mentor, Vice President of the Chicagoland chapter of Sisters in Crime, and the cocreator of the podcast Unlikeable Female Characters. Layne lives in Chicago with her partner and their pets.

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Book Published 2020-10-13 by Gallery/ Scout Press

Comments

Searing... Fargo shocks and entertains while delivering a scathing take-down of campus rape culture. Fans of Chelsea Cain will appreciate this fiercely feminist twist on serial killer fiction.

Layne Fargo has created an instantly iconic character in Dr. Scarlett Clark, a serial killer who takes out abusive men and rapists at the college where she teaches. With stunning, dagger-sharp prose and a deliciously satisfying plot, THEY NEVER LEARN is the feminist revenge thriller we need and deserve.

Will satisfy [Fargo's] fans and delight revenge aficionados everywhere... Intense is the key word here.

As utterly wicked as it is empowering, THEY NEVER LEARN shows Fargo at the top of her game. I can't wait to see what she delivers next.

Sizzling with rage and wit, Layne Fargo's THEY NEVER LEARN will delight fans of Karin Slaughter, Dexter, and Killing Eve with its deftly drawn portrait of a woman on fire and her unquenchable lust for revenge. Addictive, sensual, breathlessly plotted, and thoroughly unputdownable--this tightrope thriller feels a bit like getting away with murder.

Dark, shocking, and utterly satisfying! I'm a big fan of Layne Fargo's Temper, and somehow she topped herself with this one, channeling even more feminist rage into her complicated, magnetic-but-terrifying characters.

This gorgeously-written ragestorm of a thriller follows a college professor doing the lord's work: taking out the rapists, predators, and abusers the college and court system consistently lets off the hook. Fargo explores the mind of a killer with incredible nuance while taking us behind the scenes of competitive academia, challenging us to come up with a better solution if we feel distaste for her protagonist's crimes. THEY NEVER LEARN is a feminist powerhouse of a thriller that will shock readers as much as it satisfies them.

THEY NEVER LEARN is a fierce, provocative thriller that grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go. A twisty book with a razor-sharp edge, revenge has never looked so good - or so appealing!

Film/TV rights to THEY NEVER LEARN have been optioned by PatMa Productions, with Fargo attached to write a TV pilot.