If We Were Villains. Illustrated Edition

A gorgeous illustrated edition of the bestselling dark academia thriller where tragedy strikes at an elite Shakespeare conservatory - complete with a brand-new cover, original illustrations and deluxe finishes. Oliver Marks has just served ten years for the murder of one of his closest friends - a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the detective who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened ten years ago.As a young actor studying Shakespeare at an elite arts conservatory, Oliver noticed that his talented classmates seem to play the same roles onstage and off - villain, hero, tyrant, temptress - though Oliver felt doomed to always be a secondary character in someone else's story. But when the teachers change up the casting, a good-natured rivalry turns ugly, and the plays spill dangerously over into life.When tragedy strikes, one of the seven friends is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.

Autorentext

M.L. Rio holds an MA in Shakespeare studies from King's College London and
Shakespeare's Globe. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Maryland and lives
in Washington, D. C.

Klappentext

As a young actor studying at an elite conservatory, Oliver felt doomed to always be
in his friends' shadows. But when a surprise casting turns a good-natured rivalry
between two of them into something dangerous, their stage roles spill over into real
life. Ten years later Oliver is released from prison, having served time for a murder
he may or may not have committed. What really happened a decade before? And
who was to blame?