Five Minds
The Speculative Thriller of 2021

'This clever, twisty debut really delivers. Gripping, well-written and intriguing on every level' - SARAH PEARSE'Brilliantly inventive. If you liked The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, you'll love this' - EVE SMITH'Consider my single mind blown! An astonishing and original concept, deftly executed' - DAVID JACKSON________________________________________ONE BODY. FIVE MINDS. ONE KILLER.The Earth's growing population has finally been controlled. Lifespans are limited to eighty years, except for those who make an extreme choice: to become a commune. Five minds sharing one body, living for four hours at a time. But with a combined lifespan of nearly 150 years.Alex, Kate, Sierra, Ben and Mike are a commune. They have already spent twenty-five years together, arguing, reconciling, alliances shifting and re-forming. They travel to a Death Park where games are played in which extra lifespan can be gambled like money. The plan is to win time to upgrade their next host body. But then Kate acceptsa dangerous offer, and one of them disappears.Someone is trying to kill off members of the commune. Is one of them responsible? Or is someone else playing a deadly game? It's hard enough to catch a murderer. It's almost impossible when you might be sharing a body with them...This brilliant murder mystery blends classic crime with speculative fiction in a stunning debut.________________________________________'A whip-smart, searing debut, which grinds into the mind like cursed clockwork' - MATT WESOLOWSKI'A mind-bendingly original debut. Nothing short of a cross-genre masterpiece' - ADAM CHRISTOPHER'The world-building of Gibson with the pace of The Running Man. A fantastic ride' - TIM GLISTER'Extraordinary. I'll be thinking about this book for a very long time' -VICTORIA SELMAN'This book sucked me into its dark futuristic world. A fantastic debut' - LOUISE MUMFORD