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- Genre: Thriller
- Published by: Overlook Press
- Publish date: May 07, 2024
- Number of pages: 320 pages
- Author’s website: https://juliemaecohen.com/
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Saffy Huntley-Oliver is an intelligent and glamorous socialite; she also happens to be a proficient serial killer. For the past fifteen years, she’s hunted down and dispatched rapists, murderers, domestic abusers–bad men all. But leading a double life has left her lonely–dating’s tough when your boyfriend might turn out to be your next victim. Saffy thinks she’s finally found a truly good man in Jonathan Desrosiers, a true-crime podcaster who’s amassed legions of die-hard fans for cracking cold cases and bringing justice to victims.
When a decapitated body shows up on Jon’s doorstep the morning after his wife leaves him, he becomes the chief suspect for a murder he insists he didn’t commit. Saffy’s crush becomes an obsession as she orchestrates a meet-cute and volunteers to help Jon clear his name, using every trick up her sleeve to find the real killer and get her man–no matter the cost.
Darkly comic and addictively readable, Bad Men is a wild romp of a feminist thriller that asks if even a serial killer can have a happily ever after.
Rating: 4/5
Fans of Dexter (TV series) and You (book and TV series) will enjoy this book about a female serial killer who kills bad men. Cheeky and witty, you can’t help but cheer on this psychopath sometimes and also want to stay as far away as possible from her other times.
Saffy is a woman who has been killing ever since she protected herself and her younger sister from an abusive stepfather. Ever since she has been killing men who are rapists, murderers, and domestic abusers. But then she meets Jonathan and the possibility that she might have found a good man is too hopeful to pass up. What unfolds is a twisty and messed up plot to win his affection. I enjoyed this book and read it quickly!
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Musings by Michelle 