Nothing Important Happened Today

When strangers take part in a series of group suicides, everything suggests that a cult is to blame. How do you stop a cult when nobody knows they are a member?***Telegraph Book of the Year******Longlisted for Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award******Longlisted for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2020***'Heavy gusts of bedsit nihilism usher in this strange mystery weirdly page-turning' Sunday Times'Laying bare our 21st-century weaknesses and dilemmas, Carver has created a highly original state-of-the-nation novel' Literary Review'Arguably the most original crime novel published this year' Independent_________________Nine suicidesOne CultNo leaderNine people arrive one night on Chelsea Bridge. They've never met. But at the same time, they run, and leap to their deaths. Each of them received a letter in the post that morning, a pre-written suicide note, and a page containing only four words: Nothing important happened today. That is how they knew they had been chosen to become a part of the People Of Choice: A mysterious suicide cult whose members have no knowledge of one another. Thirty-two people on that train witness the event. Two of them will be next. By the morning, People Of Choice are appearing around the globe; it becomes a movement. A social media page that has lain dormant for four years suddenly has thousands of followers. The police are under pressure to find a link between the cult members, to locate a leader that does not seem to exist. How do you stop a cult when nobody knows they are a member?_________________'Cements Carver as one of the most exciting authors in Britain. After this, he'll have his own cult following' Daily Express'At once fantastical and appallingly plausible this mesmeric novel paints a thought-provoking if depressing picture of modern life' Guardian'This book is most memorable for its unrepentant darkness ' Telegraph'Unlike anything else you'll read this year' Heat'Utterly mesmerising ' Crime Monthly