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S.R. Masters

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Born

The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.sr-masters.com

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Genre

Thriller, Upmarket, Contemporary

Influences

hubris, the macabre, dinosaurs.

Member Since

July 2017

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S R Masters grew up around Birmingham in the UK and lives in Oxford with his wife and children. His award winning short fiction and quirky novels have been published internationally. Labelled as "a writer to watch" by Publishers Weekly, his books include THE TRIAL (HarperCollins), THE KILLER YOU KNOW (Sphere) and HOW TO KILL WITH KINDNESS (HarperCollins).

His next book is a roller coaster thriller called THE DROP, out with HarperCollins (UK) and Sourcebooks (US) in 2026.

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Average rating: 3.37 · 4,257 ratings · 882 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Killer You Know 3.40 avg rating — 1,774 ratings — published 2018 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trial 3.30 avg rating — 1,651 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Drop 3.36 avg rating — 690 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Kill with Kindness 3.72 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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New Novel THE DROP Announced

My next novel THE DROP, about class, ambition, and four friends trapped at the top of a roller coaster in the middle of a desert, is coming soon. OMC/HarperCollins will be releasing in the UK, and I'm delighted Sourcebooks will be releasing in the US and Canada.

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S.R. Masters and 17 other people liked Terry's review of The Drop: "The Drop takes a premise that sounds pretty gimmicky on paper, stranding four friends 650 feet above the desert on a stalled roller coaster, and somehow turns it into a surprisingly effective psychological thriller. What begins as a confrontation wit" Read more of this review »
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S.R. Masters and 4 other people liked Mohammad Anas's review of The Drop: "[NetGalley Read #70] 3.75 ⭐️ "But it's all so stupid, the stories we tell ourselves when our desires don't match the beliefs we have about ourselves." Good. Goes for a bit too long but had enough to keep my attention and interest. Divided into five p" Read more of this review »
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S.R. Masters liked Heather Poet's review of The Killer You Know: "Summer 1997: a joke about becoming a serial killer. Winter 2015: not so funny anymore... This one will hook you with that eerie dual timeline-past friendships colliding with present-day consequences in the creepiest way. The tension builds slowly at fir" Read more of this review »
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S.R. Masters and 12 other people liked Kate O'Shea's review of The Drop: "Cady Ellison has finally found her niche. A successful YouTuber, she takes on the scariest roller coasters and films the terror for her fans. Not that the job is without its problems - being largely unavailable for her family and boyfriend being the " Read more of this review »
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I utterly adored this. Such a beautiful little book about young love.
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Thank you so much for reading/discovering my third novel, How to Kill with Kindness. You can find my other three novels, The Trial, The Drop and The Killer You Know, here on Goodreads if you like quirky, contemporary thrillers. And if you want to sig ...more
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