The Death Row Club

The killer beach read of the summer

About The Book

SOME THINGS RUN IN THE BLOOD…

A darkly twisted debut thriller for fans of Riley Sager and Jessica Knoll. At an annual retreat for the adult children of serial killers, paranoia turns deadly when one of the guests is murdered.

Nicola Fischer’s father has just been convicted of killing five women - including her best friend. Shunned by her town and obsessed with the true-crime host who exposed him, Nicola jumps at the chance to join the Death Row Club: a secretive weekend getaway for people exactly like her.

But when an unexpected guest arrives at their remote wilderness retreat, tensions flare. By morning, one of them is dead.

And everyone is asking the same question:

If the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree…which one of them is a killer?

‘Compelling, provocative, and absorbing’ KARIN SLAUGHTER

'A fresh and gripping take on a pitch-dark subject with a twist I didn't see coming' CLAIRE McGOWAN

‘One of the freshest and most promising new voices in crime fiction. This twisted delight is bound to be a megahit’ ASHLEY WINSTEAD

About The Author

Calvin Thomas

V. A. Vazquez was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, where she currently teaches English. She received her BA in English from Barnard College and used to live in Scotland in a town inhabited by more sheep than people.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK (June 18, 2026)
  • Length: 352 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781398556379

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Raves and Reviews

'Compelling, provocative, and absorbing. Vazquez thrills with a fresh and unforgettable premise' KARIN SLAUGHTER, New York Times bestselling author

'A fresh and gripping take on a pitch-dark subject with a twist I didn't see coming' CLAIRE McGOWAN, million-copy bestselling author 

‘Dark as sin and voicey as hell, The Death Row Club is one of the most audacious, jaw-dropping, and morbidly funny thrillers I’ve ever read. With her morally gray serial killer progeny in tow, Vazquez streaks onto the scene bright as a comet, one of the freshest and most promising new voices in crime fiction. This twisted delight is bound to be a megahit’ ASHLEY WINSTEAD, bestselling author of This Book Will Bury Me

‘Vazquez has a wicked and wonderful imagination, and a masterful ability to tell a story. I already cannot wait to see what she’ll do next’ MAY COBB, bestselling author of The Hunting Wives 

‘A debut so accomplished and propulsive that it is guaranteed to be the thriller everyone is talking about. Twisty and addictive, I was on the edge of my seat from the first sentence until the last!’ SIAN GILBERT, author of She Started It

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