Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes

Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes

A New York Times bestseller! From Edgar Award-winning novelist, playwright, and story-songwriter Rupert Holmes comes a diabolical thriller with a killer concept: The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, "a fantasy academy laid out like a combination of Hogwarts, Downton Abbey, and a White Lotus-style resort" (Los Angeles Times) dedicated to the art of murder where students study how best to "delete" their most deserving victim.

Who hasn't wondered for a split second what the world would be like if a person who is the object of your affliction ceased to exist? But then you've probably never heard of The McMasters Conservatory, dedicated to the consummate execution of the homicidal arts. To gain admission, a student must have an ethical reason for erasing someone who deeply deserves a fate no worse (nor better) than death. The campus of this "Poison Ivy League" college--its location unknown to even those who study there--is where you might find yourself the practice target of a classmate...and where one's mandatory graduation thesis is getting away with the perfect murder of someone whose death will make the world a much better place to live.

Prepare for an education you'll never forget. A "fiendishly funny" (Booklist) mix of witty wordplay, breathtaking twists and genuine intrigue, Murder Your Employer will gain you admission into a wholly original world, cocooned within the most entertaining book about well-intentioned would-be murderers you'll ever read.

Rupert Holmes became the first individual in theatrical history to win Tony Awards for Best Book, Best Music, and Best Lyrics for his Broadway musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood, while Drood itself received the Tony Award for Best Musical. The Mystery Writers of America bestowed the coveted Edgar Award to Holmes for his Broadway comedy-thriller Accomplice, his second time receiving the award. He conceived and wrote all four seasons of the critically acclaimed Emmy Award-winning series Remember WENN, and he most recently wrote the Broadway hit Say Goodnight, Gracie, based on George Burns' life. In the 1970s, Holmes began his career as a writer and composer of complicated songs, several of which have been included in Ellery Queen mystery collections. According to the Los Angeles Times, Rupert Holmes is an American treasure.

Atom Egoyan, director of The Sweet Hereafter, has secured the film rights to his debut novel, Where the Truth Lies. Holmes is now working on his second novel, which will be released by Random House in 2004.

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ISBN 13	9781451648218
ISBN 10	1451648219
Title	Murder Your Employer
Author	Rupert Holmes
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Year published	2023-02-21
Number of pages	400
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.