{"product_id":"backstabbers","title":"Backstabbers","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEliza Jabore\u003c\/b\u003e began globetrotting at seventeen and spent the next decade devoted to traveling. She met her husband abroad and, after many years of adventure, finally planted roots back in her hometown in Iowa, where she has two kids, two cats, and a dog. \n\u003ci\u003eBackstabbers \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A tense, edge-of-your-seat reading experience that will have you turning pages well into the night . . . It's one of the most twisted and shocking explorations of female friendship I've read . . . and I loved every pulse-pounding moment.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girls Are All So Nice Here\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTill Death Do Us Part\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Like the \n\u003ci\u003eBlair Witch Project\u003c\/i\u003e with a serial killer, \n\u003ci\u003eBackstabbers\u003c\/i\u003e is full of twists and unexpected turns. Every time I thought I'd identified the killer, I became lost on the map. Perfect for fans of murder podcasts, hikers, and people who don't completely trust their best friends.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Tasha Coryell, author of \u003ci\u003eLove Letters to a Serial Killer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If The Plastics from \n\u003ci\u003eMean Girls\u003c\/i\u003e went on a backpacking trip with the crew from \n\u003ci\u003eThe Descent\u003c\/i\u003e and accidentally stumbled into the territory of [ \n\u003ci\u003eWolf Creek\u003c\/i\u003e], you might start to get an idea of what Jabore's debut novel has in store for you. \n\u003ci\u003eBackstabbers\u003c\/i\u003e brutally skewers some of our most time-tested tropes of female friendship in the most bloody way possible while never losing its ability to entertain\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Macabre Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A survivalist slasher, a true crime satire, and a brutally precise exploration of female friendship under fire . . . \n\u003ci\u003eBackstabbers\u003c\/i\u003e takes the well-worn survivalist slasher and rewires it from the inside. Eliza Jabore builds a horror that runs simultaneously through dark forest and the nervous system of a fractured friendship, never letting either threat outrun the other. Sharp, funny, and at times quietly devastating.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Ginger Nuts of Horror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"There's something quite exhilarating about watching characters make the worst decisions possible again and again in the midst of life-and-death situations, and that's why Eliza Jabore's \n\u003ci\u003eBackstabbers \u003c\/i\u003ehad us on the edges of our seats from start to finish.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Sweety High\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Don't you dare turn your back on \n\u003ci\u003eBackstabbers\u003c\/i\u003e, a deliciously sinister sojourn into true crime country, full of cunning switchbacks and eviscerations, where every shocking twist threatens to send the reader's jaw plummeting straight down.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Clay McLeod Chapman, author of \u003ci\u003eWake Up and Open Your Eyes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A biting satire of true crime, a spine-tingling tale of survival, and an electric exploration of just how far we'll go for our besties, \n\u003ci\u003eBackstabbers\u003c\/i\u003e is bloody, brilliant, and even laugh-out-loud funny. It sinks its animal claws into you and doesn't let go.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Leah Rowan, author of \u003ci\u003eMarion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Filmic, fresh, and frightening with shocks galore . . . Three best friends hike across the hunting ground of a serial killer in this survivalist thriller-meets-slasher story. It's high octane and incredibly tense!\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Allie Reynolds, author of \u003ci\u003eShiver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[An] exceptional debut . . . Jabore keeps the intensity at a fever pitch throughout, balancing raw terror with the more subtly haunting collapse of long-standing friendships. Readers will be on tenterhooks from the first page to the finale.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/13\/2026 (EAN 9798217095360, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496054587670,"sku":"9798217095360","price":37.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9798217095360.jpg?v=1783051963","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/backstabbers","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}