“Elizabeth Searle gracefully walks the knife’s edge between wild satire and ripped-from-the-headlines realism.”
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“What does it mean—and sometimes dearly cost—to be family? Searle’s timely and terrifying thriller finds a liberal so-called “nasty woman” grappling with her husband’s far-right family, only to find herself accused of murder. A brilliantly written, hot-coal read that ignites its first flame on page one, escalating until you literally cannot breathe from the suspense.”
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Elizabeth Searle is a true original. Her work is witty, wise, and full of brilliant observations. As one would expect from a gifted screenwriter, she writes dialogue to die for and knows how to pace a story. But above all, Searle captures the absurdity and dread of contemporary life in work that is as rich as it is disquieting.
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‘LOCK HER UP’
“Elizabeth Searle thrusts us into contemporary American xenophobia’s belly with Lock Her Up, a searing thriller … Thelma & Louise reimagined through intersectional feminism.”