Never Saw Me Coming

Out noW!

Edgar Nominee for Best First Novel by an American Author!
"…a powerful puzzle of a murder mystery, as impossible to solve as it is to put down. What starts as a delicious thriller becomes a fascinating investigation of amorality, vengeance, and redemption. A powder keg of a debut." -- Robin Wasserman, author of Girls on Fire and Mother Daughter Widow Wife
“Kurian expertly threads revenge and cat-and-mouse story arcs with Chloe’s frank, show-stealing narration.. [a] bar-raising debut… Kurian’s highly anticipated thriller will undoubtedly lead fans of Gone Girl, Jeff Lindsay’s Dexter series, and Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley novels to hope for Chloe’s return.” —Booklist starred review

Meet Chloe Sevre. She’s a freshman honor student, a legging-wearing hot girl next door, who also happens to be a psychopath. Her hobbies include yogalates, frat parties and plotting to kill Will Bachman, a childhood friend who grievously wronged her.

Chloe is one of seven students at her DC-based college who are part of an unusual clinical study for psychopaths—students like herself who lack empathy and can’t comprehend emotions like fear or guilt. The study, led by a renowned psychologist, requires them to wear smart watches that track their moods and movements.

When one of the students in the study is found murdered in the psychology building, a dangerous game of cat and mouse begins, and Chloe goes from hunter to prey. As she races to identify the killer and put her own plan into action, she’ll be forced to decide if she can trust any of her fellow psychopaths—and everybody knows you should never trust a psychopath.

Never Saw Me Coming is a compulsive, voice-driven thriller by an exciting new voice in fiction, that will keep you pinned to the page and rooting for a would-be killer.

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US: Bookshop * Politics and Prose (signed copies) * HarperCollins * B&N * Libro.fM (audiobook) * Amazon * Books-a-million * Indiebound * Target * Indigo * Kobo (ebook) * Google Play *

UK: Blackwells * Waterstones * Bookshop UK * Book Depository *

International: BOOK DEPOSITORY

The book will be published in multiple other languages in different countries but I can’t say where yet until the deals are formally announced.

More praise for Never Saw Me Coming:

“It is an absurd idea, but done with panache and wit. I devoured this riveting book through a day of travel — in a taxi, at the T.S.A. checkpoint, on the plane, in the next taxi — and into the night. My desire to rush to the end clashed with my desire to savor every word.”—The New York Times
“Utterly gripping.” — The Telegraph
“Excellent pacing, sprightly narrative voices, and judicious dabs of wry humor make this a highly entertaining tale. Kurian’s refreshingly different slant on psychopathy marks her as a writer to watch.”— Publisher’s Weekly
"Fresh, fast-paced and fiendishly clever! If you love watching true crime and wonder about the psychopaths among us, this is the book for you! NEVER SAW ME COMING will have you never sleeping again." —Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Before She Disappeared
“…a completely original, clever whodunit from a talented new arrival to the world of psychological suspense. Vera Kurian is one to watch!" -- Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Mrs.
“Readers won’t want to put down this fast and engaging debut novel, and they’ll root for the characters who’ve been cast as villains.” —Library Journal
“Gripping! With a college campus setting, charming psychopaths, and a bitingly clever voice, NEVER SAW ME COMING is a dazzling debut from a bold new talent.” –Tess Gerritsen, bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series
“…brilliantly original concept.. an addictive read”— Prima Magazine
“An audacious, break-the-mould thriller from a new voice”—Red Magazine
“With a satisfying (if bloodthirsty) quest for vengeance and a twisty mystery to solve, Never Saw Me Coming will tempt readers into staying up all night to get answers.”—BookPage
“…a jet-black comedy…a very impressive debut.”—Daily Express
“Witty, acerbic and utterly compulsive, Never Saw Me Coming is a razor-sharp thriller with an irresistibly wicked central character. I couldn't tell if I was scared of, amused by, or attracted to Chloe Sevre. One thing’s for sure: I will never forget her.”—Kia Abdullah, author of Take It Back
“Clever… prepare to buckle your seatbelt.”—Mystery Scene Magazine
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