They Never Learn

Layne Fargo

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English

Chatto & Windus
08 July 2025

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Crime & Mystery; Thriller & suspense; Fiction: special features; Feminism & feminist theory

The queer feminist serial killer novel of the summer. They Never Learn is about good women who kill very bad men and get away with it - for fans of Bella Mackie and dark academia

'Deliciously satisfying... The feminist revenge thriller we need and deserve' Megan Collins

Read the cult word-of-mouth hit readers are obsessed with-

'Such an incredible read!' 'Holy hell this book was fun!' 'Included all the things I like in fiction...vigilantism/revenge, cold, calculating women, themes of obsession, queer desire' 'Amazing twists!' 'You guys NEED TO READ THIS!'

He wasn't afraid of me. That was his first mistake.

Scarlett Clark is an exceptional English professor and an even better serial killer. She's made it her mission in life to track down predatory men on campus and kill them and she's preparing for her biggest murder yet.

Carly Schiller is just trying to survive her freshman year at college - keeping her head down and focussing on work. But when her roommate Allison is assaulted at a party Carly becomes obsessed with making the attacker pay.

When police start investigating the spate of local deaths, Scarlett starts to realise it's only a matter of time before her secret life is exposed and everything she's built comes crashing down with it...

'A gorgeously-written ragestorm of a thriller...will shock readers as much as it satisfies them' Wendy Heard

'Grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go' Samantha Downing

By: Layne Fargo
Imprint: Chatto & Windus
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 199mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 250g
ISBN: 9781529967760
ISBN 10: 1529967767
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 08 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Layne Fargo has a background in theatre, women's studies and library science, so it's only fitting that she now writes deliciously dramatic, unapologetically feminist stories for a living. She's the author of psychological thrillers They Never Learn and Temper, as well as co-author on the bestselling Young Rich Widows series, and her work has been translated into over a dozen languages. Layne lives in Chicago with her partner, their pets and an ever-expanding collection of books she's definitely going to read before she dies.

Reviews for They Never Learn

Grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go * Samantha Downing * Will delight revenge aficionados everywhere * Booklist * A fierce, feminist suspense… Spectacular and propulsive * Samantha M. Bailey * 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 * Criminal Element * Deliciously satisfying… The feminist revenge thriller we need and deserve * Megan Collins * A gorgeously-written ragestorm of a thriller…will shock readers as much as it satisfies them * Wendy Heard *