{"product_id":"five-funerals-choose-your-own-perilous-path-paperback","title":"Five Funerals: Choose Your Own Perilous Path - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeff Somers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRuth Ann Sellars\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Somers, author of popular noir thriller \u003ci\u003eThe Electric Church\u003c\/i\u003e, kicks the door in on the darkly whimsical and macabrely weird with \u003ci\u003eFive Funerals: Choose Your Own Perilous Path\u003c\/i\u003e-- a book that looks at the tongue-in-cheek nihilism of Edward Gorey's \u003ci\u003eThe Gashlycrumb Tinies\u003c\/i\u003e and asks, \"What if these kids had a bit more life in them?\" What emerges is a book you never knew you wanted to read but won't want to put down.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The graduating class of Bishop Carlbus Prep has a secret. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Outing Party is a tradition at Bishop Carlbus, a semi-illicit party hosted by a senior student after the annual Outing, a weekend field trip taken by the graduating class every year. In 1995, Amy Keaton is determined to host a legendary Outing Party, but everything goes wrong. Her classmates are rude. Someone seems to be sabotaging her plans. And, as the night goes on, resentment and rage start driving everyone to extremes. The party spins out of control: by the next morning, Amy Keaton is dead, and twenty-five kids have a soul-crushing secret. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 2015, six Bishop Carlbus Prep alumni-Victor, Kate, Leo, Titus, Ida, and Winnie-gather for the funeral of their old high school classmate Zillah. They soon realize that they are now the sole surviving members of the Class of 1995-everyone else who attended Amy Keaton's Outing Party is dead. And many of those deaths are bizarre and shocking. Sucked dry by leeches. Consumed by mice. Swept out to sea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The survivors begin piecing together the events of the last two decades, and wonder: Is someone hunting them? Are they next? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And, maybe, do they \u003ci\u003edeserve\u003c\/i\u003e to be next?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Somers\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eLifers\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAvery Cates\u003c\/i\u003e series from Orbit Books, \u003ci\u003eChum\u003c\/i\u003e from Tyrus Books, and \u003ci\u003eThe Ustari Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e from Pocket\/Gallery, including \u003ci\u003eWe Are Not Good People\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jeff's published over thirty short stories as well; his story \"Sift, Almost Invisible, Through\" appeared in the anthology \u003ci\u003eCrimes by Moonlight\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Berkley Hardcover and edited by Charlaine Harris, and his story \"Ringing the Changes\" was selected for \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories\u003c\/i\u003e 2006. He survives on the nickels and quarters he regularly finds behind his ears, his guitar playing is a plague upon his household, and his lovely wife The Duchess is convinced he would wither and die if left to his own devices, but this is only half true. Discover more about Jeff Somers and his work at www.jeffreysomers.com.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 501\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52026946912557,"sku":"9781968143046","price":18.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/five-funerals-choose-your-own-perilous-path-paperback-4311301.webp?v=1777424346","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/five-funerals-choose-your-own-perilous-path-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}