The Only Criminal reads like a classic and I'd be rioting (in my grave — ghost origin story?) if a century from now, it's not being dissected in schools as part of English literature curriculums. If I had to compare it with one piece of classic fiction, it'd be The Picture of Dorian Gay. It doesn't have a lot of aspects in common with the book (definitely not the queerness), but it plays with the theme of obsession and superstitious beliefs so elegantly ✨🫀 

Definitely something that makes it to the reread pile because of the delectable metaphor-ridden prose.

(Thank you Netgalley & the publisher for the e-ARC)