{"product_id":"bad-influence-will-carver-9781917764285","title":"Bad Influence: The Explosive, Twisty, Darkly Funny New Thriller That Everyone Is Talking About...","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo bored, obsessed teenagers break into - and secretly live in - influencers' houses. But when they choose the wrong home, their twisted experiment turns deadly. A darkly funny, breathtakingly tense thriller from \"the most original writers in Britain\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e)...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlyssa wants to be seen. Less wants to be someone. She takes two buses to class, posts pictures of her lunch, and pretends it's all effortless. He hides his privilege beneath thrifted clothes and a sketchbook full of impossible designs. Together, they are inseparable - two outsiders constructing a version of themselves the world might finally applaud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Alyssa stumbles upon the hidden world of \u003ci\u003ephrogging\u003c\/i\u003e - living unnoticed inside other people's homes. She and Less slip through Los Angeles' glossy veneer: influencers, producers, pop stars, all so busy performing their perfect lives they don't notice the shadows in their attics, the scratching in their walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn act of rebellion. A harmless thrill. A social experiment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil they choose the wrong house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil the influencer they idolize catches them in the act.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil the cameras, already rolling, capture everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as a reckless adventure becomes a nightmare of lies, power and the cost of visibility. \u003ci\u003eBad Influence\u003c\/i\u003e is a breathtakingly tense, darkly funny thriller about the lives we curate, the secrets we hide, and the monsters made by the need to be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e____________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Will Carver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the most exciting authors in Britain' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A smart, stylish writer' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Incredibly dark and very funny' \u003cb\u003eHarriet Tyce\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Unlike anything you'll read this year' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Impossibly original, stylish, sinister and heartfelt' \u003cb\u003eChris Whitaker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Weirdly page-turning' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Ambitious, dark and funny' \u003cb\u003eMike Gayle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A highly original state-of-the-nation novel' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Oozes malevolence from every page' \u003cb\u003eVictoria Selman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Arguably the most original crime novel published this year' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndependent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Mesmeric' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Memorable for its unrepentant darkness...' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Perceptive and twisted in equal measure' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCultureFly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Pitch-dark, intelligent and utterly addictive' \u003cb\u003eMichael Wood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Unflinching, blunt and brutal' \u003cb\u003eSam Holland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Equally enthralling and appalling' \u003cb\u003eJames Oswald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the most compelling and original voices in crime fiction' \u003cb\u003eAlex North\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Utterly believable, dark and disturbing ... one of my books of the year' \u003cb\u003eTrevor Wood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Brilliantly original' \u003cb\u003eSam Holland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Clever, compelling, funny' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Superbly paced and remarkably inventive, a book that demands to be read in a single sitting' \u003cb\u003eM.W. 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