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Everyone in the Group Chat Dies
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From the breakout author of Swiped comes a compulsively readable, surprisingly funny, and genuinely thrilling pageturner about a TikTok true crime investigator, a '90s serial killer that may not be as dead as everyone would like, a text thread from hell, and long buried secrets that just won't stay in the grave where they belong.
Kirby Cornell needs a break from everything: - Her crumbling apartment in the sleepy town of Crowhurst (famous for its bucolic countryside and a second-rate serial killer from the '90s).- Her dead-end job.
- Her sleazy landlord
- Her messy roommates.
- And, most of all, the terrible thing they all did. Luckily, that hasn't caught up with her just yet. Until a new message on their old group chat pops up: Everyone in the group chat dies. It's the first text her ex-roommate Esme has sent for ages, but that's not the really weird thing. The really weird thing is, Esme died twelve months ago... Don't miss the new laugh-out-loud thriller from L.M. Chilton, Everyone in the Group Chat Dies--a murder mystery that fuses the comedy of Friends with the serial killer thrills of I Know What You Did Last Summer.
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- ISBN-13: 9781668094174
- ISBN-10: 1668094177
- Publisher: Gallery/Scout Press
- Publish Date: December 2025
- Dimensions: 8.21 x 5.41 x 0.87 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.64 pounds
- Page Count: 368
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Twelve months ago, when things tanked at her supercool London job, 30-year-old journalist Claire fled to the countryside for a fresh start. She found one with new flatmates—a fun bunch who also love pub nights, Netflix binges and quippy banter—and a job at the Crowhurst Gazette. Unfortunately, “If New York is the city that never sleeps, then Crowhurst is the town with chronic narcolepsy,” so there’s not much to do, let alone write about. When the enigmatic Esme suddenly appears, declaring she’ll be joining them in the flat for the summer, Claire is confused but excited. It’s weird nobody knows who rented to Esme, but she’s a new person! With 500,000 ShowMe followers! She’s in town to revisit the 1996 Crowhurst murders, wherein a local man killed five teenagers at the summer fair and jumped from Staker Cliff to his death. Claire decides to join Esme’s investigation and report on it for the Gazette and perhaps try some ShowMe videos, too. Why not shake things up a little? Fast-forward a year: After the devastating fallout of that fateful summer, Claire’s living elsewhere and has lost touch with her former flatmates. She’s shocked to see an ominous message from Esme in their dormant group chat—especially since Esme died last year. Who is it, really? What do they know, and what do they want? Despite her fear and dread, Claire must return to Crowhurst to find out. As Claire strives to ferret out secrets and outrun terror across both timelines, British journalist L.M. Chilton amps up the tension via increasingly threatening group chat messages (“You leave the group, you die”) and Claire’s growing anxiety in past and present. Her narrative voice is an often hilarious one, and Chilton’s gift for dialogue is evident in exchanges both amusing and sinister in this darkly entertaining tale that mixes ancient folklore and modern social media to excellent effect. Everyone in the Group Chat Dies is sure to delight fans of his dating app/serial killer mashup, Swiped, and anyone who enjoys humor with their whodunit.
Twelve months ago, when things tanked at her supercool London job, 30-year-old journalist Claire fled to the countryside for a fresh start. She found one with new flatmates—a fun bunch who also love pub nights, Netflix binges and quippy banter—and a job at the Crowhurst Gazette. Unfortunately, “If New York is the city that never sleeps, then Crowhurst is the town with chronic narcolepsy,” so there’s not much to do, let alone write about. When the enigmatic Esme suddenly appears, declaring she’ll be joining them in the flat for the summer, Claire is confused but excited. It’s weird nobody knows who rented to Esme, but she’s a new person! With 500,000 ShowMe followers! She’s in town to revisit the 1996 Crowhurst murders, wherein a local man killed five teenagers at the summer fair and jumped from Staker Cliff to his death. Claire decides to join Esme’s investigation and report on it for the Gazette and perhaps try some ShowMe videos, too. Why not shake things up a little? Fast-forward a year: After the devastating fallout of that fateful summer, Claire’s living elsewhere and has lost touch with her former flatmates. She’s shocked to see an ominous message from Esme in their dormant group chat—especially since Esme died last year. Who is it, really? What do they know, and what do they want? Despite her fear and dread, Claire must return to Crowhurst to find out. As Claire strives to ferret out secrets and outrun terror across both timelines, British journalist L.M. Chilton amps up the tension via increasingly threatening group chat messages (“You leave the group, you die”) and Claire’s growing anxiety in past and present. Her narrative voice is an often hilarious one, and Chilton’s gift for dialogue is evident in exchanges both amusing and sinister in this darkly entertaining tale that mixes ancient folklore and modern social media to excellent effect. Everyone in the Group Chat Dies is sure to delight fans of his dating app/serial killer mashup, Swiped, and anyone who enjoys humor with their whodunit.