{"product_id":"9780008759773","title":"Honey","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Imani Thompson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 May 2026 by Harpercollins Publishers (The Borough Press) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e163 x 242 x 35 | 550g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The blistering thriller taking the literary world by storm' VOGUE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A FEARNE COTTON HAPPY PLACE BOOKCLUB PICK FOR SUMMER 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A SPOTIFY BEST DEBUT OF 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The first time, Yrsa doesn’t intend to kill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Then he’s dead. And Yrsa, who – let’s face it – has been bored for a while, is alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It’s a sweet feeling, finally having some control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Comic, sexy, addictive, unpredictable, Honey is about the not-always-righteous path of taking justice into your own hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The essential next read for fans of Butter, Yesteryear, My Sister the Serial Killer, Fundamentally or Boy Parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Honey is a Trojan horse: a commercial thriller that folds in race and feminist theory. Sassy and pacey, it nods to Promising Young Woman and RF Kuang’s Yellowface’ PANDORA SYKES, SUNDAY TIMES STYLE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘The best kind of campus novel, satirical and razor-sharp, crossed with a crime story’ GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Tantalising' FEARNE COTTON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'It's just so clever' LOUISE O'NEILL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Impossible to predict' ERIN KELLY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A beautiful, relentless novel’ ABIGAIL DEAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Wow, basically' HARRIET TYCE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Worryingly relatable' SOPHIE DUKER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Yrsa serves up the unhinged hot girl homicide I didn’t know I needed’ SOPHIE DUKER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Juicy, dark, addictive, and truly clever. Yrsa is the antihero we've been waiting for’ SILVIA SAUNDERS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'A marvel of a novel, a story that breathes beyond its pages' ORE AGBAJE-WILLIAMS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'A twisted comeuppance story … Wow. Think Fleabag' KIRKUS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  '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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Dark, thrilling and undeniably hot' GLAMOUR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Brilliant' SERVICE95\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Sexy, scary, this debut became compulsive reading for me' BELFAST TELEGRAPH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Thompson writes with wit and precision' IRISH TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Imani is a writer to watch and Honey is the entertaining (and quietly damning) read you'll need to kick off spring' ELLE\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56867998335362,"sku":"9780008759773","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780008759773.jpg?v=1787637451","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.com\/products\/9780008759773","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}