Fruit Fly by Josh Silver HC 8-4-2026

Go gay. Go sad. Go dark.

Some stories dig their claws in and don’t let go. This is one of them.

Meet Mallory Maddox, a once-celebrated author now buried under seven years of writer’s block. Her literary star has dimmed, and she’ll do just about anything to resurrect her career. She needs inspiration. She needs a story. And fast.

Enter Leo. A struggling addict sleeping under bridges, trading sex for survival. Vulnerable. Enigmatic. And, to Mallory’s calculating eye, exactly what she’s been searching for.

Because Mallory believes Leo’s tragic story is the one the world needs right now. She also believes she’s the one who deserves to tell it. Really, isn’t it her story? She’s the one putting it on the page, after all.

But secrets have a way of surfacing. And as they threaten to unravel far more than just her career, Mallory must decide exactly how far she’ll go for the perfect story.

This is a razor-sharp domestic thriller with teeth—a wickedly smart look at ambition, appropriation, and the ugly cost of relevancy. Perfect for readers who devoured R. F. Kuang’s Yellowface or Yomi Adegoke’s The List.

A brand-new release, and one of those books we can’t stop pressing into people’s hands. It’s the kind of tense, twisty read that begs to be devoured in a single sitting—ideally curled up while the sea air rattles the windows.

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