Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

This is a delightful mystery where you know from the beginning that everyone is a killer, you just don't know who will succeed and what has brought them to consider the deadly arts. It is a clever and unique premise that I enjoyed and was fun to read. The audiobook narrators are Neil Patrick Harris and Simon Vance (one of my all time favorite narrators), so I highly recommend either (or both!) versions. I bought a stack a few months ago and have been giving them to everyone alongside their birthday gift.

Good premise, good story, likable characters. I enjoyed it. 2 thumbs up. It is like Hogwarts for murder but I think another reviewer already said that.

If you are looking for a conventional murder mystery with lots of action, gore and thrills this book is not for you. If, however, you are looking for a unique story with lots of dark humor, written in a way that amazes you at the writer's imagination and which takes you to places you've never been, this book is for you.McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts is a school which teaches innocent people who have been dreadfully wronged to get even with their enemy by committing the perfect murder or "deletion", the euphemism used in the book. We never learn where the beautiful campus is located. It is staffed by experts with all sorts of skills who train the students in every aspect of what it takes to pull off the perfect crime. In many ways this is the Hogwarts of murder.The book follows three students who arrive at the school at about the same time. They have all been humiliated and had careers destroyed by their abusive employers. They are good people who find themselves in a desperate situation. Each has come to the conclusion that killing their employer is deserved, justified and the proper solution to their problems.As I mentioned above there is practically no action or salacious scenes in the book. The enjoyment comes from the amazingly intricate ways each student goes about learning, planning and exacting their revenge and the wry humor with which the whole story is told. I loved the puns and gallows humor found throughout. I found myself very caught up in the story, very much invested in the characters and couldn't wait to find out how or if each progressed from neophyte killer to accomplished deleter.

This. Was. Amazing. The premise alone excited me, but then I found out there was an actual map and that sold me…. I bought the ebook and audiobook acompaniment ( I mean…. Neil Patrick Harris! Obviously I was going to buy the audiobook). Told in multiple narratives, this follows three… deletists… that work through how to best deal with… their problem. Cliff Iverson has been pushed beyond bearing- he lost his job and reputation, the girl he adored, and a great friend and mentor all because of one man. That man has to pay! Unfortunately, his attempt to rid the world of the man failed, badly. It’s time to get a higher education, where he will learn how to get away with murder.Cliff, with his awkward charm, is definitely one of my favorite narratives here (only half due ot the narrator). As a character, he’s mulitifauceted and interesting. I loved how he grappled with what he wanted to do, and who he was. Deep down, this man isn’t a killer. He’s loyal and sweet, intelligent and competetive. Gemma Lindley and Dulcie Mown are two other narratives. One is a wonderful, empathetic woman that’s been blackmailed into a corner; the other a starlet beign threatened with the end of her career over pettiness. Each have their reasons, and are taking different things away from their education. I loved them all.McMasters Campus (of which there is a detailed map) is charming and idyllic…. and reminded me a little of Hogwarts for murderers. I was charmed by the descriptions of the place, the cloak-and-dagger way they kept the location hidden, and the quirky charm of the staff and other students. Sometimes it fell into the overly technical, and I had to remind myself of where I was; but for the most part this was a fun, fast read with a good flow that was easy to follow. For me, this is a five star book and I only wish I could believe there would be more in the future. Unfortunately, given how the book progressed, that doesn’t seem to be an option.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Rating: 5 out of 5.As far as adult content goes, there is violence, language, some sexual references, and blackmail. Nothing too over-the-top, but worth noting. This one is obviously made for an adult audience- New Adult at the very least. I would say 16 and over.

I was super excited about this book. The story is clever and the idea new. My only grief is the overuse of underlining words for emphasis. I felt like maybe the author thought I wouldn't be smart enough to "get" the pun without underlining it. This feeling made it almost a young adult type written novel. Otherwise it was fun.

This was a tongue in cheek education in how to murder someone. Reminded me Hogwarts in the format of the lessons. Buy it. It was fun.

A great tongue-in-cheek send up of so many guides to murder with excellent plotting and great characters. I very much look forward to a sequel if there is one.

The book was pretty good, but mainly I bought it to leave laying on my desk at work. I like to keep people guessing.

Just started the book, but if it continues the way it started, will be a good read. Looking forward to finishing. Bought the book as part of a book club, will be our first book we review.

Idée originale qui reste morale. Sympa à lire.

Although I had to wait for a week, It doesn't matter ☺️ the book is packed well and areived at our door step in a very good condition. i specifically want this cover and is so happy as soon as I opened it. Thanks for packing it very carefully.

Terry Pratchett's crazy humour meets with the caustic dry wit of Jack Ritchie. This college on the art of Murder - pardon deletion - is too paradoxical for words. Set in the Fifties, this novel follows the academical progress of Cliff, the disgruntled ex employee of a jerk employer, and of two women Gemma, a conflicted and guilt ridden murderess and Doria, an actress humiliated by a despicable director. The Mcmasters Academy does not endorse any murder, only the deletion of people that deserves it and whose demise benefits others without making no innocent suffer. This moral caveat is in odd contrast with the attitude on casual killing the students have to cope with in the Academy. A very brilliant story that would have amused Thomas De Quincey.

I’m very excited to read the book, but not happy with Amazon for putting a shipping label directly on the book. This type of label doesn’t peel off well and ruins the poor books aesthetic. 0 stars to Amazon for that act against a book. And 4-5 stars to the author for your beautiful work.