A Lethal Tempest
What’s the easiest way to secure everything you’ve ever wanted? Set up a flawless murder frame-up, eliminate the competition, and seize the prize. Told through a striking collection of vignettes, A Lethal Tempest is an eccentric, multi-POV mystery that pieces together a dark puzzle from every imaginable angle. Step into a kaleidoscope of voices as a single, calculation-driven crime ripples through an entire cast of characters.
- Beatrix Terror - Murderer
- Valerie - Beatrix’s literary agent
- Vespera - Beatrix’s new identity
- People start getting murdered in the exact way that authors write about in their books.
- The authors get arrested for the murders.
- The people being killed are each author’s biggest fan.
- All of the targeted authors are indie authors.
- Beatrix is a terrible writer, so she has been stealing manuscripts from unknown authors and killing them.
- She self-publishes some stolen manuscripts under different names and sends others to Valerie.
- She is also the one killing people and framing the authors in order to eliminate her competition.
- Readers start boycotting thriller and horror books until the killer is caught.
- Beatrix becomes Vespera.
- Vespera’s new endeavor is to kill artists and pass off their work as her own because it was never really about the writing; it was about enjoying killing people.
M.A. Green built an interesting storyline in A Lethal Tempest - a dark mystery centered around a calculated murder frame-up - but the execution makes it tough to follow. The narrative jumps between different settings and a large cast of characters. What really threw me, though, was how many of those characters are left completely unnamed.
Because the vignette-style perspective shifts so rapidly among these nameless figures, I found myself having to focus extra hard to make sure I was keeping track of the plot. Still, I am glad I stuck with it. The underlying premise is strong enough to pull you through the confusing patches, and Green manages to deliver a great conclusion. The ending brings everything together in a way that rewards your patience and leaves a lasting positive impression. If you like sprawling, puzzle-box mysteries with a satisfying payoff, you will enjoy this book.
- Gore
- Blood
- Stalking
- Torture
- Murder
ASIN: B0GX2TT3PS
Publication Date: June 1, 2026
Note: Details are for the original edition. Other formats, editions, and audiobook versions may be available.
