Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts is a luxurious, clandestine college dedicated to the fine art of murder. 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 is where students may find themselves the practice target of a classmate, and where their mandatory graduation thesis is getting away with the perfect murder of someone whose death will make the world a much better place to live. Murder Your Employer is a delightful mix of witty wordplay, breathtaking twists, and genuine intrigue, and will keep you up at night.

Format: Hardback
Length: 416 pages
Publication date: 21 February 2023
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Welcome to The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts - a luxurious, clandestine college dedicated to the fine art of murder where earnest students study how best to delete their most deserving victim. Who has not wondered for a split second what the world would be like if 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 delightful 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.

A case study in the droll amusements of homicide, Rupert Holmes's send-up of higher education and even higher crimes and misdemeanors will keep you up at night - alternately turning pages and checking to make sure the front door is locked.

Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked With dry humor and an eye for hidden clues, Rupert Holmes imagines a secret Hogwarts-like school that teaches the fine art of murder.

Students at The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts are dedicated to the fine art of murder, with an emphasis on comedy. The campus is unknown to even those who study there, and the mandatory graduation thesis is to get away with the perfect murder of someone whose death will make the world a better place. Rupert Holmes's Murder Your Employer is a delightful mix of witty wordplay, breathtaking twists and genuine intrigue, offering an education you'll never forget. With dry humor and an eye for hidden clues, it imagines a secret Hogwarts-like school that teaches the fine art of murder. Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked, praises the book for its dry humor and eye for hidden clues.

Weight: 652g
Dimension: 163 x 243 x 37 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781035402373