Last Night Was Killer

Meet Tilly Turner. She’s a heartbroken single mom, back in the hometown she thought she’d escaped forever. She hoped pole dancing class would cheer her up, but after a wild night out with her fellow pole newbies, she wakes up with a killer hangover—and a dead man in her trunk. She can’t remember how he got there, but suspects she might have had something to do with it.

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Advance Praise

"On any list of writers that make me laugh, Mary Pauline Lowry is near the top. Last Night Was Killer, but it's also killer fun." —Steven Rowley, New York Times bestselling author of The Guncle

“Last Night Was Killer is a rocking, rollicking, supersonic blast of pure fun. Mary Pauline Lowry packs every page with whip-smart wordplay, unforgettable characters, and bombshell plotting. The twists have twists! Best of all is Tilly Turner, a flawed, funny, and fantastic protagonist who deserves many more spins around the pole.” —Lou Berney, USA Today bestselling author of Crooks

"Tilly Turner is glorious—funny, haunted, and utterly human. Last Night Was Killer is suspense with heart and a wicked sense of humor." —Joanna Wallace, USA Today bestselling author of You'd Look Better as a Ghost

“Last Night Was Killer somehow seamlessly combines a murder mystery, a terrorist plot, pole dancing, grief, motherhood, stand-up comedy and fighting the patriarchy into one utterly delightful page-turning story that is equal parts heart and laughs. That's truly some writerly magic, folks. Buckle up for a wild, laugh-out- loud, one-of-a-kind reading adventure (emphasis: adventure) that only the singular Mary Pauline Lowry could deliver.” —Christine Pride, author of All The Men I've Loved Again

“I have never had so much fun watching a fictional character try to figure out if she killed someone or not. Wild, outrageous, silly, smart, Tilly is a heroine for the ages and Mary Lowry writes like no one else. A damn delight.” —Rufi Thorpe, author of Margo's Got Money Troubles

Last Night Was Killer has everything you want in a comedic mystery—gut punches of laughter interlaced with a twisty puzzle that will have even the savviest readers desperately flipping the pages for answers. But what shines most brightly is the protagonist at its big beating heart. By the end, Tilly Turner and the rest of the unforgettable cast feel like real, live friends. This book is just like her, full of sunshine and ferocity, impossible not to love." —Alex Kiester, New York Times bestselling co-author of The Missing Half

“How was I to know that a novel about a single mother taking an Into to Pole Dancing class would become my favorite thriller of the year?... Last Night Was Killer reminded me of the works of Harry Crews and Rufi Thorpe—every character simultaneously colorful, fabulous, fully realized, and deeply relatable. I’ll be recommending this novel all summer…and maybe, just maybe, signing up for a pole dancing class myself.” —Amanda Eyre Ward, New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters