Fair Play A Novel
Fair Play A Novel by Louise Hegarty is set to be published by HarperCollins Publishers on April 8, 2025. This 288-page book presents a unique blend of mystery and psychological exploration, following a group of friends who gather at an Airbnb for a jazz-age themed party to celebrate Benjamin’s birthday. The festivities take a dark turn when Benjamin is found dead the next morning, prompting his sister Abigail to grapple with her grief while an eminent detective investigates the circumstances surrounding his death.
Readers will find a narrative that intertwines elements of traditional detective fiction with a modern twist, delving into themes of loss and the complexities of human relationships. As Abigail navigates her brother’s untimely demise, the story unfolds within a mansion filled with suspects, each with their own secrets. Fair Play invites readers to engage with a narrative that challenges genre conventions while exploring the emotional landscape of its characters.
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“Louise Hegarty’s genre-splicing debut is a treat–clever, confident, and always surprising, a mystery story that ingeniously escapes the locked room of the genre to take on the biggest questions of life and death.”–Paul Murray, author of The Bee Sting
For fans of Anthony Horowitz and Lucy Foley, a wonderfully original, genre-breaking literary debut from Ireland that’s an homage to the brilliant detective novels of the early twentieth century, a twisty modern murder mystery, and a searing exploration of grief and loss.
A group of friends gather at an Airbnb on New Year’s Eve. It is Benjamin’s birthday, and his sister Abigail is throwing him a jazz-age Murder Mystery themed party. As the night plays out, champagne is drunk, hors d’oeuvres consumed, and relationships forged, consolidated or frayed. Someone kisses the wrong person; someone else’s heart is broken.
In the morning, all of them wake up–except Benjamin.
As Abigail attempts to wrap her mind around her brother’s death, an eminent detective arrives determined to find Benjamin’s killer. In this mansion, suddenly complete with a butler, gardener and housekeeper, everyone is a suspect, and nothing is quite as it seems.
Will the culprit be revealed? And how can Abigail, now alone, piece herself back together in the wake of this loss?
Gripping and playful, sharp and profoundly moving, Fair Play plumbs the depths of the human heart while subverting one of our most popular genres.
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