How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates

Name: How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates
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ISBN: 9781761634871

Shailee Thompson

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Atria
28 January 2026

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Horror & ghost stories; Adult & contemporary romance; Romance

A hilarious, swoony and downright terrifying horror romance in which a cinephile gets caught in the middle of a murder spree at a speed-dating event and must use her encyclopedic knowledge of the rom-com and horror genres to make it as a real-life Final Girl.

When cinephile Jamie Prescott attends a speed-dating event, she expects to meet some mediocre men and have a laugh – she doesn’t expect one of her dates to have his throat slit at her table during a blackout. When the lights come back on, there are more bodies on the floor and the doors are locked.

Armed with makeshift weapons and her extensive knowledge of what not to do in a slasher, Jamie must figure out how to make it out of the building alive. But as the night progresses, she begins to suspect the killer is committing the slayings to woo one of the daters. Whatever happened to roses and perfume?

And why can’t Jamie stay focused on the important thing here, which is obviously not getting murdered, instead of being distracted by a few hot guys? Especially if one of those hot guys happens to be the bad guy…

Oops.

Laugh-out-loud funny and hide-under-your-bed scary, How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates puts the killer in killer love story.

By: Shailee Thompson
Imprint: Atria
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781761634871
ISBN 10: 1761634879
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 28 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Shailee Thompson is a writer and educator based in Brisbane, Australia. She’s always had a penchant for women with smart mouths, soft hearts, and strong wills going up against extraordinary odds. How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates is her debut novel. Find her on Instagram @ShaileeWrites.

Reviews for How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates

'Propulsive and cinematic.' -- Alicia Thompson, author of Love in the Time of Serial Killers 'Fresh, funny and criminally addictive. I couldn't put it down!' -- Hannah Grace, author of Icebreaker