Alex Pavesi

Nov 21, 2024 | penguinrandomhouse.co.za | Alex Pavesi

Alex Pavesi’s Ink Ribbon Red is an original literary thriller, blending sharp twists with a love of storytelling. In this exclusive interview, Pavesi reveals how his influences – from Jorge Luis Borges to Shirley Jackson – shape his work, the role mathematics plays in his patient approach to mystery writing, and the surprising parallels between coding and crafting fiction.

Nov 7, 2024 | shotsmag.co.uk | Alex Pavesi

My forthcoming novel, Ink Ribbon Red, has a familiar set-up: six friends, who met at university, gather at a large house in the Wiltshire countryside to celebrate the youngest of the group turning thirty. It’s the late May bank holiday weekend. By Monday morning, at least one of them will be dead. The book takes place in the final year of the last millennium. 1999.

Nov 4, 2024 | shotsmag.co.uk | Alex Pavesi

Six friends gather at a country house to celebrate a birthday, they decide to play a parlour game to while away the evening. One where each guest writes a short story with one of their fellows as the murderer and another as the victim. What could possibly go wrong? Almost everything as it turns out. Long held secrets and grudges come sneaking out into the light and soon enough the fictional murders start to look worryingly like the motive for one committed in real life.

Jul 30, 2024 | booklistonline.com | John Charles |Catherine Mack |Alex Pavesi |Lucy Foley

First published July 30, 2024 (Booklist Online). Carol Goodman’s rich and prolific career includes novels such as The Widow’s House and The Night Visitors, winners of the 2018 and 2020 Mary Higgins Clark Award. Her books have been translated into sixteen languages. She lives in the Hudson Valley, NY. 1. Who is Carol when she is at home? Elderly-poodle nanny, crow-friend, that woman talking to herself on her morning walks about the imaginary characters in her head. 2.