Let the Bad Times Roll

A heady, potent cocktail of a novel. I downed it in one – ERIN KELLYA dark, sticky, pungent gumbo of a book, Alice Slater’s latest has the vibes of The Secret History and Daisy Jones and the Six … A wickedly fun read – KIARE LADNERAlice Slater serves up dark and twisty thrillers like a smoked Sazerac: intoxicating, sharp-edged and burning with obsession – KIRSTY LOGANA veritable feast of secret passions and hidden betrayals. Alice Slater is the queen of the dark and delectable thriller – HEATHER PARRYA savage gem of a book. Slater moves from strength to strength with this blackly comic mystery, bringing both warmth and nastiness to a story of envy, deception and very, very good food – JULIA ARMFIELDEqual parts lush, funny and ghastly, spiked with hedonism and not a little vengeance, Let the Bad Times Roll is a delicious, bittersweet concoction that should be downed in a single gulp – KALIANE BRADLEYThe writer’s razor-sharp attitude and skill are on magnificent display in this tightly wound mystery * The Sun *In the follow-up to Slater’s delicious black comedy debut, Caroline’s brother is missing and a psychic claims to have crossed paths with him 4000 miles away * The i Paper *Tense, arch and impossible to put down – ELIZA CLARKSavage, witty and all-consuming, both a love letter to bookselling and a thriller of the most unsettling variety – ABIGAIL DEAN

Alice Slater is a writer and ex-bookseller from London. She studied creative writing at MMU and UEA, and her debut novel, Death of a Bookseller, was an instant Sunday Times bestseller. It was awarded Debut Crime Book of the Year at Capital Crime’s Fingerprint Awards 2024, shortlisted for CrimeFest’s Specsavers Best Debut Crime Novel 2023 and longlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award 2024. She co-hosts literary podcast What Page Are You On? and lives with her husband, their dog Peachy, and a lot of books.