This Is How We End Things A Novel
This Is How We End Things A Novel by R. J. Jacobs is a psychological thriller published by Sourcebooks, Incorporated in 2023. With 336 pages, this edition delves into the complexities of deception through the lens of graduate students studying the psychology of lying. When one of their own is found dead during a winter storm, the remaining students must navigate a web of secrets and lies, all while trapped on an isolated campus.
Readers will encounter a high-stakes narrative that intertwines suspense and dark academia themes. Under the guidance of an enigmatic professor, the students’ exploration of dishonesty leads to unexpected consequences as they grapple with their own hidden truths. As the investigation unfolds, the tension escalates, revealing that understanding deception can be more perilous than anticipated. This novel presents a gripping examination of trust and betrayal, set against a backdrop of chilling circumstances.
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“A captivating exploration into the psychology of lying, and a high-stakes, dark-academia thriller full of twists and secrets.” –New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda
Riley Sager meets If We Were Villains in a compelling new psychological thriller following a cohort of graduate students studying the psychology of lying–until one of them is discovered dead. But how do you catch a killer who may be an expert in the science of deception?
Campus is empty, a winter storm is blowing in, and someone is lurking in the shadows, waiting for their chance to kill again.
Forest, North Carolina. Under the instruction of enigmatic Professor Joe Lyons, five graduate students are studying the tedious science behind the acts of lying. But discovering the secrets of deception isn’t making any of the student’s more honest though. Instead, it’s making it easier for them to guard their own secrets – and they all have something to hide.
When a test goes awry and one of them is found dead, the students find themselves trapped by a snowstorm on an abandoned campus with a local detective on the case. As harbored secrets begin to break the surface, the graduates must find out who’s lying, who isn’t, and who may have been capable of committing murder. It turns out deception is even more dangerous than they thought…
A foreboding new dark academia thriller of deception and suspense, This is How We End Things follows the unraveling of a close group of students as they contend with what it means to lie, and be lied to.
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