"Smart, fast, fun, and wildly original! You won't put it down."

-- "Kitty Kelley, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jackie Oh! and Oprah: A Biography"

"Thomas Dunne brings his wit and vast knowledge of New York publishing to hilarious effect--smart, fast-paced, and laugh-out-loud funny."

-- "Martin Fletcher, NBC News foreign correspondent and author of Walking Israel"

"John le Carré, Martin Cruz Smith, and Kurt Vonnegut are in a bar brainstorming on a story something like Succession. It's late, and they're getting nowhere. Then Balzac walks in ... Curious? Then Murders and Acquisitions is your kind of fiction--ingenious, surprising, and timely as hell."

-- "Jincy Willett, author Amy Falls Down and Winner of the National Book Award"

"Dazzling! Wit, suspense, and insider knowledge of global publishing. You can't go wrong with Murders and Acquisitions."

-- "Gregg Easterbrook, contributing editor, The Atlantic Monthly"

"A blackly humorous feat."

-- "Kirkus Reviews"

"Enter a wild world of badly behaving billionaires, global intrigue, criminal mayhem, and family drama. Timely and terrific, Murders and Acquisitions is a blistering look at today's world of publishing, corporate shenanigans, and corruption both personal and public. Thomas Dunne has outdone himself."

-- "Jeff Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of Adrenaline"

"An entertaining satirical thriller...[Dunne] maintains masterful control of the book's complex plot and tongue-in-cheek tone. The result is a trenchant and suspenseful family saga."

-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"

"Thomas Dunne spent decades at the pinnacle of New York publishing, not only as an author and editor, but as a top-tier publisher running his own eponymous imprint at a major house. Now, in Murders and Acquisitions, he leverages that experience to create an explosive furnace of a novel. Richly drawn, complex, and compelling, this story draws you into the rabbit hole of Dunne's creation and dares you to see how deep it really goes. Eminently readable."

-- "John Hart, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Child"

"Thomas Dunne breaks through genres with a can't-put-it-down novel about billionaires' empires, organized crime, family secrets and back-stabbings, and our modern media empires of publishing, a world he knows down to its bones--and he does so with great suspense and astonishing humor."

-- "James Grady, author of Six Days of the Condor (adapted for the screen as Three Days of the Condor starring Robert Redford)"

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Pub date: 2026-04-28

Length: 352 pages