They Never Learn

Product Description

From the author of the “raw, ingenious, and utterly fearless” (Wendy Walker, USA TODAY bestselling author) Temper comes a dynamic psychological thriller about two women who give bad men exactly what they deserve.

Scarlett Clark is an exceptional English professor. But she’s even better at getting away with murder.

Every year, she searches for the worst man at Gorman University and plots his well-deserved demise. Thanks to her meticulous planning, she’s avoided drawing attention to herself—but as she’s preparing for her biggest kill yet, the school starts probing into the growing body count on campus. Determined to keep her enemies close, Scarlett insinuates herself into the investigation and charms the woman in charge, Dr. Mina Pierce. Everything’s going according to her master plan…until she loses control with her latest victim, putting her secret life at risk of exposure.

Meanwhile, Gorman student Carly Schiller is just trying to survive her freshman year. Finally free of her emotionally abusive father, all Carly wants is to focus on her studies and fade into the background. Her new roommate has other ideas. Allison Hadley is cool and confident—everything Carly wishes she could be—and the two girls quickly form an intense friendship. So when Allison is sexually assaulted at a party, Carly becomes obsessed with making the attacker pay…and turning her fantasies about revenge into a reality.

Featuring Layne Fargo’s trademark “propulsive writing style” (
Kirkus Reviews) and “sinister, of the moment” (
Chicago Review of Books) suspense,
They Never Learn is a feminist serial killer story perfect for fans of
Killing Eve and Chelsea Cain.

Review

Praise for They Never Learn

“Searing . . . . Fargo shocks and entertains while delivering a scathing take-down of campus rape culture. Fans of Chelsea Cain will appreciate this fiercely feminist twist on serial killer fiction.” ―
Publishers Weekly

“Layne Fargo’s 
They Never Learn isn’t chilling. No, it’s a sparking fuse leading to an explosion of feminist rage…Fargo’s prose is propulsive, her short chapters urging us into a breakneck pace. 
They Never Learn isn’t so much a book as it is an experience, darkly hypnotic and intensely compulsive. This is a psychological thriller of the highest order, a story that seeps into your thoughts like blood through floorboards. If you read this at night, be prepared to sleep uneasily—or not at all.” ―
Criminal Element

“Will satisfy [Fargo’s] fans and delight revenge aficionados everywhere . . . Intense is the key word here.” ―
Booklist

“Compelling…[An] entertaining, funny, and sexy thriller.” ―
Bookreporter

“Sizzling with rage and wit, Layne Fargo’s
They Never Learn will delight fans of Karin Slaughter,
 Dexter, and 
Killing Eve with its deftly drawn portrait of a woman on fire and her unquenchable lust for revenge. Addictive, sensual, breathlessly plotted, and thoroughly unputdownable–this tightrope thriller feels a bit like getting away with murder.” — Amy Gentry, bestselling author of Good as Gone and Last Woman Standing

“
They Never Learn is a fierce, provocative thriller that grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go. A twisty book with a razor-sharp edge, revenge has never looked so good—or so appealing!” — Samantha Downing, USA Today bestselling author of My Lovely Wife and He Started It

“Dark, shocking, and utterly satisfying! I’m a big fan of Layne Fargo’s
Temper, and somehow she topped herself with this one, channeling even more feminist rage into her complicated, magnetic-but-terrifying characters.”

  — Kathleen Barber, author of Truth Be Told and Follow Me

“Layne Fargo has created an instantly iconic character in Dr. Scarlett Clark, a serial killer who takes out abusive men and rapists at the college where she teaches. With stunning, dagger-sharp prose and a deliciously satisfying plot,
They Never Learn is the feminist revenge thriller we need and deserve.”

  — Megan Collins, author of The W