Edward is living in a world he can’t afford and to which he doesn’t belong. To camouflage himself, he has catered to his friends’ needs: fetching drycleaning, sorting flowers for premieres. It’s a noble effort, really – anything to keep his best pals Robert and Stanza happy. In return, his proximity to them might sponge the shame of his birth and violent past cleanly away. But the chink in his armour is his painfully unrequited love for Stanza. When he realises Stanza and Robert are an item, Edward is pushed too far. His little acts of kindness take a sinister turn, giving way to the unspeakable brutality Edward fears is at his core. Are there limits to what he will do for his friends? Are there limits to what he will do to them?
The Kellerby Code
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Faber & Faber
Hardback
384pp
Faber & Faber
242x163x35
Jonny Sweet Faber & Faber FB|FF Hardback 2024
Magnificent. A major new talent.
Richard Osman
Chillingly well-observed.
Observer
A deft, razor-sharp debut that effortlessly bestrides crime and comedy. Jonny Sweet is annoyingly talented.
Erin Kelly
A pitch-black debut, lurching from comedy of manners to grand guignol, will be catnip to
fans of Saltburn
Guardian
A horribly compelling tale.
Daily Mail
Tom Ripley meets The Wych Elm in this creepy, acerbic, darkly funny thriller about loneliness, ambition and the lengths we go to to escape ourselves. Sweet is as interested in themes of love and revenge as he is in skewering the elite, in a novel whose dialogue is pin-sharp and whose pages ripple with tension. A hugely enjoyable and impressive debut.
Emma Stonex
Fresh, frightening, bittersweet and brutal. The Kellerby Code is wonderfully witty and delightfully dark.
Chris Whitaker
This is a dastardly romp for fans of 'Saltburn', The Talented Mr Ripley and dare I say a horrible little book called Death of a Bookseller . . . It's a lot of fun with some gorge prose.
Alice Slater
A subtle and gripping thriller for fans of The Secret History and talented The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Claire McGowan
Fans of Saltburn will enjoy this darkly humorous thriller.
Good Housekeeping
The Kellerby Code is a witty Wodehousian bloodbath of a debut which toys with class, the thin veener of 'good manners', and the brutality running underneath it all while still having a light touch.
Charlotte Vassell
This is a brilliantly crafted story. Jonny Sweet's wickedly forensic eye for detail puts you so close to the action, you feel you are in the room with the characters. On the one hand it's a story of regret and fear, but on the other it's a superb take down of privilege. A genuine late night, one more chapter, but I've got work in the morning book.
Ian Moore
Rich and compelling with sly humour at every turn. A cracking debut.
Heather Darwent
Monstrously funny and dark, yet somehow deeply emotional at the same time, Kellerby is an absolute triumph.
Lovereading
Spiffingly clever drama-noir.
Sainsbury’s Magazine
