"Swiss author Joseph Incardona's hybrid chase-thriller-meets-satire is energetically translated from the French by Sam Taylor. Beyond the picaresque storyline, Incardona ensures that Stella has both agency and emotional intelligence. She poignantly records the details of each encounter in her notebook. "Because two bodies merging like that was never nothing, never insignificant, no matter what anyone says or thinks." Financial Times, Thrillers of the Month "A glorious mash up of Tarantino and the Coen Brothers, centring on Stella- a young hooker who has the power to heal men's medical afflictions simply by doing the wild thing with them. When the Vatican gets wind of this miracle worker, she doesn't exactly fit their ideal for being canonised as a saint, so two blundering hitmen are employed to snuff her out. What follows is a madcap road journey as she goes on the run with a Jack Reacher-esque priest, pursued by the inept hitmen and others. It's all wonderfully bonkers, dark and dirty, and incredibly funny.

Brilliant. " Raven Crime Reads "Fine writing, fascinating asides, overlapping and interacting narratives, and a Pulp Fiction vista of the bizarre, the deadly, the shrewd, and a variety of supposed purposes of life. Very much one to enjoy but also plenty to think about. "-- The Critic "Freewheeling black comedy has a lot going for it, not least lapidary prose and a fizzy translation, although the set-up is smarter than the pulpy execution, which rather runs out of steam. Even so, there's more to enjoy in this short Tarantinoesque fable than in most commercial thrillers twice its length."-- The Times "Stuffed full of deeply dark humour and a high body-count, this smartly provocative and stylish crime novel about a miracle-worker prostitute on the run from assassins, is beautifully observed." --- Star Book of the Month, LoveReading "This satirical thriller is funny, cheeky and bloody, but it's also more surprising than that. By giving us the most cynical set-up imaginable, and then writing it paradoxically with compassion and hope, the Swiss author has created something bizarrely uplifting, a pleasure to read, and a small masterpiece of positivity.

"--- Morning Star.