Providence

“Willse debuts with a consuming psychological thriller that turns familiar tropes of dark academia and fatal attraction on their heads… . The result is a memorable, steamy, and accomplished queer thriller.” –Publishers Weekly

“Providence is a deeply compelling meditation on the ways desire and loneliness conspire to make even the brightest people betray themselves. Willse’s clear, intelligent writing has both heart and thrills. I stayed up all night reading this incredible novel.”–Kyle Dillon Hertz, author of The Lookback Window

“Providence’s bad gays will keep you up all night with their terrible decisions, hot sex, and irresistible trail of hidden clues. Is Craig Willse the secret love child of Tana French and Patricia Highsmith? There’s no other explanation. My new favorite thriller!”–Andrea Lawlor, author of Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

“Providence is a page-turning thriller. It’s also a queering of the modern-day gay narrative. Willse has crafted a sexy debut with a protagonist who doesn’t fit the worn tropes of damaged victim or oppressed saint, but instead a morally ambiguous antihero who keeps you guessing.”–Alejandro Varela, author of The Town of Babylon, a National Book Award finalist

Craig Willse was a 2021 Lambda Literary Fellow. He received his PhD in Sociology from CUNY Graduate Center. He has written for Joyland, Fence, and HAD, among others, and this is his first novel.

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