{"product_id":"murder-bimbo","title":"Murder Bimbo","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\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Even if you're not primed to root for assassins, Murder Bimbo's deadpan observations and emotional intelligence may wear you down...The novel's three-act structure is a daring narrative choice, and pays off . . . It's a genuine pleasure to sift through her contradictions (a Marxist who loves money!) and pan for the truth . . . Trust me when I say Novack has a great ear for the inanities of contemporary language, just like all great satirists do. . . as she shows time and again, blurring the facts can lead you to a deeper truth.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Joumana Khatib, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eMurder Bimbo\u003c\/i\u003e is an ingeniously structured prism: at first look it plays satirically on true crime sensationalism, at second, it flays the political moment of grift, greed, and exploitation, and finally, it contemplates the desperate and lasting things we do for love. At all levels, it is a blast.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Torrey Peters, author of \u003ci\u003eDetransition, Baby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Rebecca Novack's \n\u003ci\u003eMurder Bimbo\u003c\/i\u003e is an engrossing, hilarious revenge novel that perfectly captures our paranoid political moment. Is it a spy thriller? Is it a love story? It's both and so much more--sharp, surprising, bold, and impossible to put down. Novack's debut doesn't miss.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Isle McElroy, author of \u003ci\u003ePeople Collide \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eMurder Bimbo\u003c\/i\u003e is \n\u003ci\u003eGone Girl \u003c\/i\u003efor the Luigi Mangione era, and Rebecca Novack is one of our funniest and most acerbic new writers.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Catherine Lacey, author of \u003ci\u003eBiography of X\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A riotously sharp, darkly glittering debut that detonates every expectation of the contemporary thriller. Rebecca Novack dazzles as she turns satire, desire, and rage into something electric and new--this is the rare book that feels like it's brilliantly inventing its own genre as it goes.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Chelsea Bieker, author of \u003ci\u003eMadwoman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eMurder Bimb\u003c\/i\u003eo takes each one of its brazen hairpin turns with giddy gusto. Its cunning, charismatic narrator leads us confidently past 'unreliable' into something much wilder and more fun. Rebecca Novack's debut is keenly observant, frenetically funny, and a hell of a good time.\" \n\u003cb\u003e --Temim Fruchter, author of\u003ci\u003e City of Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"What elevates the novel is its biting satire. The narrator is slippery, funny, image-obsessed and fully aware that storytelling is power. Truth becomes transactional. Morality becomes aesthetic. \n\u003ci\u003e Murder Bimbo\u003c\/i\u003e isn't about uncovering answers; it's about interrogating the need for them.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--The Seattle Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The protagonist's voice is sharp, subversive and unrepentant, holding a mirror to misogyny, media spectacle and political hypocrisy. This book earns its place on a list about female fury because its narrator literally detonates the expectations placed on women, weaponizing stereotypes to survive and control her own story. It's fierce, funny and incredibly original -- a modern riff on crime fiction with feminist bite.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--BookTrib.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"She's a sex worker and a political assassin--or is she? This highly comedic novel about one woman's quest to clear her name after being involved in a high profile murder is a wild satire for the world we live in.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Forbes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This book is doing something totally fascinating and unexpected... It's a romp. [Murder Bimbo] is having fun and we're having fun with her. . . An accomplishment.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Podcast, Books We're Looking Forward to this Winter\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A thrilling premise in its own right, made all the more memorable by the titular killer's twisty (and unreliable) narration. From beginning to end, \n\u003ci\u003eMurder Bimbo\u003c\/i\u003e will keep you on your toes.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eMurder Bimbo\u003c\/i\u003e is unlike anything I've ever read. It's as unhinged as you can imagine and the best thing you could do is read it without reading any reviews or publicity copy. Just dive in and experience the thrill of Novack's work.\" -- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDebutiful\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A compelling tale and hilarious metamystery in which the titular bimbo may or may not commit murder, may or may not be a spy, and may or may not be a bimbo...It's so good.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A great thriller but also a tremendous literary trick. And it's so funny.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--WAMC\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Sly and incendiary. . . Novack's novel forges fascinating connections . . . . Readers will be seduced.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Propulsive, electric, \n\u003ci\u003eMurder Bimbo \u003c\/i\u003econceals and reveals and conceals again, as any disruptive queer act must. . . . Novack plays with our readerly expectations about motive, audience, authorship, and the genre of true crime.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Electric Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRebecca Novack grew up in the Rocky Mountains. She has a master's in theological studies from Harvard Divinity school.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Deviously intelligent...Irresistible.\" \u003c\/b\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e- \n\u003cb\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eMurder Bimbo\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003ci\u003eGone Girl \u003c\/i\u003efor the Luigi Mangione era.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Catherine Lacey, author of \u003ci\u003eBiography of X\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe exhilaratingly twisty story of a sex worker turned political assassin on the run, \u003ci\u003eMurder Bimbo\u003c\/i\u003e is an unputdownable and wholly fresh take on truth, murder, and optics in our national moment.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA thirty-two-year-old sex worker is shocked when she's approached by undercover government agents to aid them in a top-secret plot to assassinate a politician known as Meat Neck. But once the deed is done, she realizes what made her the perfect recruit: She's 100% disposable. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Holed up in an off-the-grid cabin in the woods, she now has only two days, her wits, and a laptop to save her own life. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Her best bet is to reach out to the wildly popular feminist investigative podcast \n\u003ci\u003eJustice for Bimbos\u003c\/i\u003e. In a hastily typed series of emails, the newly minted \"Murder Bimbo\" explains how she was recruited and then trained by a cabal of code-named US agents to take out Meat Neck. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then she opens a new email. This time, it's addressed to her ex, and the facts line up a little differently... \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Constructed in three increasingly unhinged acts, each a more subversive version of the story than the last, \n\u003ci\u003eMurder Bimbo\u003c\/i\u003e can be read as a gloriously bold literary thriller, a satirical vigilante's manifesto, or a raucous send-up of the political insanity we all live inside every day. Either way, it's a dead-serious announcement of an electric new voice in American literature.\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\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781668214619, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/30\/0001 (EAN 9781668214619, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 11\/24\/2025 (EAN 9781668214619, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/01\/2025 (EAN 9781668214619, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/01\/2025 pg. 70 (EAN 9781668214619, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eNovack, Rebecca\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRebecca Novack grew up in the Rocky Mountains. 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