Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes

 

Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes - 389 Pages

A devilish thriller with a killer concept: The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, a luxurious, clandestine college dedicated to the fine art of murder where earnest students study how best to “delete” their most deserving victim.

Who hasn’t wondered for a split second what the world would be like if a person who is the object of your affliction ceased to exist? But then you’ve probably never heard of The McMasters Conservatory, dedicated to the consummate execution of the homicidal arts. To gain admission, a student must have an ethical reason for erasing someone who deeply deserves a fate no worse (nor better) than death. The campus of this “Poison Ivy League” college—its location unknown to even those who study there—is where you might find yourself the practice target of a classmate…and where one’s mandatory graduation thesis is getting away with the perfect murder of someone whose death will make the world a much better place to live.

Prepare for an education you’ll never forget. A delightful mix of witty wordplay, breathtaking twists and genuine intrigue, Murder Your Employer will gain you admission into a wholly original world, cocooned within the most entertaining book about well-intentioned would-be murderers you’ll ever read.

Overall this is a good book; although at first it was hard for me to get into it.  The story mainly follows Cliff Iverson, who before attending McMasters failed at his attempt to murder his employer.  The story also follows Gemma (who feels she needs to murder someone) and Doria (an actress wanting to murder her abusive boss)  but to a slightly lesser extent.  The concepts being taught at The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts are off the wall and yet well thought out.