Rupert Holmes discusses MURDER YOUR EMPLOYER with Benjamin Dreyer

Rupert Holmes discusses MURDER YOUR EMPLOYER with Benjamin Dreyer at Barnes & Noble on the Upper West Side, with a live performance from Rupert as well.

Maybe you've been part of The Thursday Murder Club or enjoyed the literary Easter eggs in Magpie Murders. If so, it's time to join The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, by Rupert Holmes. It's the diabolical lessons they never taught you in school, and it is a delightful read that you don't want to miss.

A New York Times bestseller! From Edgar Award–winning novelist, playwright, and story-songwriter Rupert Holmes comes a diabolical thriller with a killer concept: The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts, “a fantasy academy laid out like a combination of Hogwarts, Downton Abbey, and a White Lotus–style resort” (Los Angeles Times) dedicated to the art of murder where students study how best to “delete” their most deserving victim.

Called “an American treasure” by the Los Angeles Times, “brilliant” by the London Times, “a comic genius” by Kirkus Reviews and “a true Renaissance man” by Newsweek, CBS Sunday Morning, Playbill magazine and scores of other publications and websites…New York Times bestselling novelist-playwright-composer-arranger-screenwriter-conductor-singer-songwriter Rupert Holmes is the first person in theatrical history to solely win Tony® awards as an author, composer and lyricist.

Benjamin Dreyer is an American writer and copy editor. He was copy chief at Random House until he retired in 2023 and the author of Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style