Honey

The killer debut novel of 2026. PICKED AS A BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR BY VOGUE, MARIE CLAIRE, STYLIST, ELLE AND GLAMOUR 'Dark, thrilling and undeniably hot' GLAMOUR 'The entertaining (and quietly damning) read you'll need to kick off spring' ELLE 'Imani Thompson is poised for her literary breakout' VOGUE 'Phenomenal' LOUISE O'NEILL 'Impossible to predict' ERIN KELLY ‘A beautiful, relentless novel’ ABIGAIL DEAN 'Wow, basically' HARRIET TYCE 'Worryingly relatable' SOPHIE DUKER –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– The first time, Yrsa doesn’t intend to kill. But the Cambridge professor sitting opposite has manipulated her friend, stolen her research. When she flicks the bee into his Sanpellegrino, she thinks he’ll get a nasty sting. Then he’s dead. And Yrsa, who – let’s face it – has been bored for a while, is alive. It’s a sweet feeling, finally having some control. Comic, sexy, addictive, unpredictable, Honey launches an exciting new voice in fiction. The essential next read for fans of Butter, My Sister the Serial Killer, Such a Fun Age, Luster or Boy Parts. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ‘Yrsa serves up the unhinged hot girl homicide I didn’t know I needed’ SOPHIE DUKER ‘Juicy, dark, addictive, and truly clever. Yrsa is the antihero we've been waiting for’ SILVIA SAUNDERS 'A marvel of a novel, a story that breathes beyond its pages' ORE AGBAJE-WILLIAMS *‘*Honey might be the most-anticipated debut novel of the year’ ESQUIRE 'The hotly-anticipated debut … a dark tale which throws light on the intersections between politics, race, sex, violence and love through the eyes of a female serial killer' MARIE CLAIRE