“Lady Killer by Jeff Richards is a quick burst of a book, with action and insight on every page. In all the best ways, it reminded me of some of John Updike’s famous suburban romps. However, make no mistake, this is a thoroughly modern story.”

—Matthew Norman, author, Domestic Violets, We’re All Damaged

“Jeff Richards’ Lady Killer is fast-paced, assured storytelling that dramatically brings us into the intimate lives of couples, now at the edge of their forties, who have been friends since high school in Takoma Park, Maryland, a town at the edge of Washington, DC. Richards’ fluid sentences and evocatively-written dialogue reveal men and women contending with the pressure of marriage and parenthood, with jealousy, anger, and infidelity, and—not least—murder.”

—Merrill Leffler, author, Mark the Music, Take Hold

“It’s hard to put Lady Killer down. The characters are original yet all too familiar. We recognize friends and spouses, neighbors whom we like and don’t, and we shudder at their actions and frailties. Written with empathy, Lady Killer is exquisitely human, fragile, vicious at times, and kind at others. Jeff Richards’ latest work is a compulsively readable look into our own seamy behaviors and joyous willingness to engage in destructive yet irresistible behavior.”

—Thierry Sagnier, author, Thirst, L’Amérique