Swipe Right for Murder
by Polly Harris
GENRE: New Adult Thriller
BLURB:
DATING
IS TOUGH. ESPECIALLY IF THE GUY YOU LIKE MIGHT BE A SERIAL
KILLER.
After
a devastating heartbreak and a string of short-lived, failed
relationships, college student Georgie Itoyama has now decided to
approach dating in the same way that she approaches everything else:
methodically, logically, and efficiently.
Georgie
downloads countless dating apps, determined to find the love of her
life as easily as she orders jeans online. And while her
love-at-first-sight aspirations don’t exactly come true, she does
find someone she likes. Quite a lot.
There’s
only one problem. Girls are going missing at Georgie’s university,
and all the signs are pointing to . . . him?
But
that’s ridiculous. What are the chances that she’s dating an
actual serial killer?
Then
she matches with Nate. Mysterious, intelligent, and oddly fixated on
solving the local disappearances. As Georgie’s relationships deepen
with each of her guys, she unwittingly finds herself caught up in the
mess that is murder, intrigue, and the nightmare of online dating.
Excerpt:
“They found her body in a ditch. She’d been there for a couple days or so.” Shannon almost drops her precariously tall pile of books upon delivering this news to me. She shakes her head and starts shelving.
“That’s awful,” I say from a few shelves away where I’m trying to alphabetize the children’s section. Kids are not very good at putting books back from where they found them.
I’d heard the news this morning back at the dorms. I’d been in the bathroom doing my makeup with a few of the other girls on my hall, when the RA had come in and told us about it. Gossip spreads like wildfire at a small school, especially when it involves murder. I’d had a surprisingly numb reaction to it. Much like my reaction now. I keep expecting it to hit me. For me to feel sad, upset, afraid—anything. I actually only feel relief. Horrifyingly enough
Relief that it wasn’t me who found her. That someone else gets to carry that trauma and not me.
“That’s your school, isn’t it?” Shannon asks.
“Yeah.” I think back to finding Whitney in the stairwell. The image is strangely void in my mind—I remember walking down the stairs, discussing bacon flavored cupcakes with Olivia, I remember the heels of my sneakers squeaking against the linoleum. And then it’s blank. I do remember the feeling though. The denial. The blood rushing in my eardrums, my heartrate accelerating before I even understood why.
“So creepy,” Shannon comments, almost to herself.
With a jolt, I remember what Miles had said at the froyo place a few nights ago. How some girl from Altmar had gone missing. He didn’t mention a name, probably didn’t know it, but I have the feeling it’s this same girl.
A part of me wants to think like Amelia did when Miles first mentioned it. This girl was probably caught up in the wrong crowd. She probably knew some nasty people, was maybe even involved in something illegal. Anything to curb the nagging fear that’s rising up inside of me. The fear that this could happen to anyone. That I could be next.
But I think back to Shannon’s ramblings from a few minutes ago. She’d been such a sweetheart. Her parents said she never partied, never did drugs, was a perfect student. Who would murder such a girl? This perfect, sweet girl.
But none of us are actually as good as we seem, I think.
Interview with Polly Harris
What made you want to become a writer?
I’ve always wanted to be a writer! As a little kid, I loved books. And when I realized that people wrote books, and their names were on the cover (obvious, I know), I was obsessed with writing and having my very own, lol!
What inspired you to write Swipe Right for Murder?
My own experience with dating apps! I’ve had so much bad or weird dating app experiences, and I thought, “Wouldn’t it be funny if I compiled this all into a murder mystery?” And so SRFM was born!
Can you tell us a little bit about the characters in Swipe Right for Murder?
Georgie is a college student still dealing with a recent breakup. So she decides to try and find the love of her life in the most efficient way possible—dating apps! And when she finds a guy she actually likes … there’s a problem. He might be a serial killer.
I don’t want to give away too much about the guys in the book, but let’s just say they all have some secrets.
You know I think we all have a favorite author. Who is your favorite author and why?
Ooooh, such a good question! My all time favorite book is Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. It’s beautifully written and has amazing moral implications.
As far as more recent, fun reads, I’m obsessed with anything Sarah J Maas!
Can you tell us a little bit about your next books or what you have planned for the future?
I’m actually currently writing a second book in the same vein as SRFM. I can’t say much about it yet, but it does involve catfishing. I can’t wait until I’m able to announce more!
What did you enjoy most about writing this book?
Honestly, it was just so fun to make fun of the whole dating app culture and what it’s like to date in your college years/early twenties!
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Polly Harris is the author of six YA novels and runs her own editorial company where she works on books just like this one. When Polly isn’t writing or editing, she can be found cuddling her cat (professionally known as her editorial assistant), crafting, or swiping through dating apps.
Buy Links:
The book will be $0.99 during the tour.
4 comments:
Thanks for hosting!
Sounds like a very good book.
I liked the excerpt.
I definitely want to know how this story ends.
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