About The Book

At a remote weekend retreat for the adult children of serial killers, one question haunts every guest: what if the family legacy isn’t finished with them yet?

Nicola Fischer knows all about infamous parents – her father was just convicted of murdering five young women, including her best friend. Jobless, vilified and spiralling, she’s barely holding it together when an email arrives from Greer Woods – the magnetic host of To Catch a Killer, the true-crime show responsible for her father's arrest.

There’s no apology. Just a cryptic invitation.

The Death Row Club is an exclusive, off-grid annual gathering for people like Nicola. Desperate to outrun her past, she joins a group bound by bloodlines they didn’t choose . . . but might not be able to deny.

When an uninvited guest shows up, everyone is put on high alert, and by morning, one of them is dead. 

Trapped in the wilderness with no way out, suspicion turns inward. Because if the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, which of them is the bad seed?

‘One of the freshest and most promising new voices in crime fiction’ Ashley Winstead

‘Guaranteed to be the thriller everyone is talking about’ Sian Gilbert

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 30, 2026)
  • Length: 336 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781398565814

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Raves and Reviews

‘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

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

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