We love a book set in a bookshop and "Death Of A Bookseller" sees everything change when a new employee joins the store. Roach isn't interested in making friends, all she needs for company are her beloved murder podcasts and serial killer books. But when Laura, "with her cute literary tote bags and beautiful poetry" joins, she quickly becomes everyone's favourite bookseller. Yet, Roach sees some of the same darkness that she feels herself in Laura and this curiosity soon turns into a morbid infatuation.
A tale of obsession, this debut marries our cultural obsession with true crime and toxic female relationships in a truly unsettling way. And with author Alice Slater actually working as a bookseller in Waterstones for six years, this has piqued our interest even more.
Death Of A Bookseller by Alice Slater is out on 27 April (£13.19)