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Order your copy today directly from October Books or buy online through our bookshop store and we’ll get commission on your purchase. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless. When tragedy strikes, one of the seven friends is found dead. But when the teachers change up the casting, a good-natured rivalry turns ugly, and the plays spill dangerously over into life.

RioĪs 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. Rio on Twitter and keep up with news from Titan Books here We Were Villains by M.L. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened ten years ago.įollow M.L.

On the day he's released, he's greeted by the detective who put him in prison. In this tale of loyalty and betrayal, madness and ecstasy, the players must choose what roles to play before the curtain falls.A vivid and immersive story of obsession perfect for fans of dark academia and Donna Tartt's The Secret HistoryOliver Marks has just served ten years for the murder of one of his closest friends - a murder he may or may not have committed. Part coming-of-age story, part confession, If We Were Villains explores the magical and dangerous boundary between art and life.

In the morning, the fourth-years find themselves facing their very own tragedy, and their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, each other, and themselves that they are innocent. But in their fourth and final year, the balance of power begins to shift, good-natured rivalries turn ugly, and on opening night real violence invades the students’ world of make believe. In this secluded world of firelight and leather-bound books, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingénue, extra. Ten years ago: Oliver is one of seven young Shakespearean actors at Dellecher Classical Conservatory, a place of keen ambition and fierce competition. Detective Colborne wants to know the truth, and after ten years, Oliver is finally ready to tell it. On the day Oliver Marks is released from jail, the man who put him there is waiting at the door.