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S.R. Masters

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Born

The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.sr-masters.com

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Genre

Thriller, Upmarket, Contemporary

Influences

hubris, the macabre, dinosaurs.

Member Since

July 2017

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S R Masters grew up around Birmingham in the UK and lives in Oxford with his wife and children. His award winning short fiction and quirky novels have been published internationally. Labelled as "a writer to watch" by Publishers Weekly, his books include THE TRIAL (HarperCollins), THE KILLER YOU KNOW (Sphere) and HOW TO KILL WITH KINDNESS (HarperCollins).

His next book is a roller coaster thriller called THE DROP, out with HarperCollins (UK) and Sourcebooks (US) in 2026.

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Average rating: 3.38 · 3,762 ratings · 724 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Killer You Know 3.41 avg rating — 1,735 ratings — published 2018 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trial 3.31 avg rating — 1,608 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Drop 3.45 avg rating — 279 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Kill with Kindness 3.71 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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New Novel THE DROP Announced

My next novel THE DROP, about class, ambition, and four friends trapped at the top of a roller coaster in the middle of a desert, is coming soon. OMC/HarperCollins will be releasing in the UK, and I'm delighted Sourcebooks will be releasing in the US and Canada.

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S.R. Masters liked Heather Poet's review of The Killer You Know: "Summer 1997: a joke about becoming a serial killer. Winter 2015: not so funny anymore... This one will hook you with that eerie dual timeline-past friendships colliding with present-day consequences in the creepiest way. The tension builds slowly at fir" Read more of this review »
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S.R. Masters and 11 other people liked Kate O'Shea's review of The Drop: "Cady Ellison has finally found her niche. A successful YouTuber, she takes on the scariest roller coasters and films the terror for her fans. Not that the job is without its problems - being largely unavailable for her family and boyfriend being the " Read more of this review »
Dec 15, 2025 01:13AM · see review
S.R. Masters liked Fellow Introvert's review of The Drop: "Where are you right now? Wherever it is, I bet you’re not stuck on a roller coaster in the desert, wondering if you’ll be burned alive or rescued. Cady was supposed to be filming the new, and biggest, roller coaster in the world for her YouTube channe" Read more of this review »
Dec 15, 2025 01:05AM · see review
S.R. Masters and 4 other people liked Syd (gojo’s ver.) 's review of The Drop: "I'm not good at writing reviews, but I'll try my best! Thank you to Netgalley for this book in exchange for my honest review! This was a roller-coaster of emotions. Go ahead you can laugh, the pun was intended... no one's laughing 😅 anywayssss. I real" Read more of this review »
Nov 05, 2025 05:29AM · see review
S.R. Masters rated a book it was amazing A House at the Bottom of a Lake by Josh Malerman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I utterly adored this. Such a beautiful little book about young love.
Apr 12, 2025 02:41PM · like · see review
S.R. Masters has read How to Kill with Kindness by S.R. Masters (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Thank you so much for reading/discovering my third novel, How to Kill with Kindness. You can find my other three novels, The Trial, The Drop and The Killer You Know, here on Goodreads if you like quirky, contemporary thrillers. And if you want to sig ...more
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BONUS EPILOGUE Thanks for reading The Trial/The Drug Trial! If you came across an earlier edition of the book, you may not know that there is a bonus epilogue that came with a re-released eBook edition of the book in 2023. If you missed this, sign up ...more
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