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Shailee Thompson is a writer and educator based in Brisbane, Australia.

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates is her debut novel.

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Let’s put a content warning on our chat Shailee because How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates is a slasher slash rom-com and all sorts of messed up stuff happens in both love and murder…

Jamie needs a break from her PhD thesis, so she and her best friend Jamie are going to a speed dating event at a local nightclub. Dating is hell and the apps are cooked but this should be a laugh. At least each ‘date’ is only ten minutes.

It’s all going so-so, a few sparks from aesthetically pleasing partners when the lights go out.

When they return, Jamie finds her current date slashed ear to ear as she is thrown into a fight for her life!

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