From the pen of Jack Heath - Kill Your Boss
- Allen & Unwin

- Oct 29
- 2 min read
Author Jack Heath pens a letter for readers of his next twisty, whodunnit Kill Your Boss.

Dear Reader,
Have you ever had a terrible boss? Like, really, truly awful? So bad that you were
tempted to, say, push them off the roof and frame a colleague for the crime?
Well, I haven’t (and good luck proving otherwise). But I have written plenty of
locked-room murder mysteries, and I’ve learned that the victim shouldn’t be too
likeable. Yes, readers want the detective to crack the case and bring the killer to
justice—but we also want to enjoy the murder itself. Don’t pretend you don’t know
what I’m talking about. These books are only fun if the victim kind-of-maybe had
it coming, at least a little bit.
In my last book, the victims were two lying husbands. This time around, Detective
Sergeant Kiara Lui is investigating the death of someone even worse than a
husband—a boss. Neville (or ‘Mr Adams’, as he liked to be called) ruled the
public library with an iron fist, enjoying the power he had over the archivists,
volunteers and borrowers. That makes everyone in the building a suspect. Kiara
has outsmarted killers before—but can she outsmart a librarian?
In case you’re curious, I couldn’t find any real-life examples of librarians who
have been convicted of murder (not even in Florida). This makes perfect sense,
because public libraries are full of books about crime. Librarians can access all
the information they need about police procedure, evidence tampering, corpse
disposal and more.
So, enjoy Kill Your Boss. Next time you’re at the library, be nice to the staff. Tell
them Jack Heath holds them in the highest regard. And, whatever you do, don’t
go upstairs to the roof.
Sincerely,
Jack “Employee of the Month” Heath
Kill Your Boss by Jack Heath releases November 4.
Both Kill Your Husbands and Kill Your Brother are available in all good bookstores right now!

Kill Your Boss
by Jack Heath
A witty, page-turning, twisty whodunit from the bestselling author of Kill Your Husbands, perfect for fans of Benjamin Stevenson.








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