Category Fiction
Cover Type Paperback
Type Fiction
Reading Level General
Language English

ISBN 9781398534414

Rs. 1,118

Simon & Schuster

An Ethical Guide To Murder

An Ethical Guide To Murder

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Who it's for: Readers who enjoy thought-provoking supernatural fiction

If you had the power over life and death, what would you do? Thea has a secret.She can tell how long someone has left to live just by touching them.Not only that, but she can transfer life from one person to another – something she finds out the hard way when her best friend Ruth suffers a fatal head injury on a night out.Desperate to save her, Thea touches the arm of the man responsible when he comes to check if Ruth is all right. As Ruth recovers, the man quietly slumps to the ground, dead.Thea realises that she has a godlike power: but despite deciding to use her ability for good, she can’t help but sometimes use it for her own benefit.Boss annoying her at work? She can take some life from them and give it as a tip to her masseuse for a great job.Creating an ‘Ethical Guide to Murder’ helps Thea to focus her new-found skills.But as she embarks on her mission to punish the wicked and give the deserving more time, she finds that it isn’t as simple as she first thought.How can she really know who deserves to die, and can she figure out her own rules before Ruth’s borrowed time runs out?

Highlights

  • Protagonist can sense and transfer life force by touch
  • Explores ethical questions about who deserves to live or die
  • Follows Thea's journey as she creates her own moral code
  • Combines supernatural elements with contemporary fiction

Themes

Morality · Power and responsibility · Friendship · Justice

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Category Fiction
ISBN 9781398534414
Cover Type Paperback
Type Fiction
Reading Level General
Language English
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SKU 2010000100141

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Questions about this book

What is the book about?

It's about a woman named Thea who discovers she can transfer life force between people, and she uses this power to try to punish wrongdoers and help others, but faces moral complications.

Is this a fantasy novel?

It's contemporary fiction with a supernatural element: the protagonist has the ability to sense and transfer life force.

Does the book have a guide or rules?

Thea creates an 'Ethical Guide to Murder' to help her decide how to use her power, but she finds it difficult to determine who truly deserves to die.

What happens to Ruth?

Ruth is Thea's best friend who suffers a fatal head injury, but Thea saves her by transferring life from the man responsible, giving Ruth borrowed time.