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Agnes Lives!: A Novel

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Release Date
June 23, 2026
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5 hours 39 minutes
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Bloomsbury presents Agnes Lives written and read by Hallie Elizabeth Newton

'An astonishing debut as mesmerizing as it is unnerving.' --Joyce Carol Oates

A day-in-the-life debut novel about a fading socialite on the hunt for someone to kill her before her next SoulCycle class.

'A tale of suspense, a statement, a cry for help, and a delicious tour-de-force.” --Nell Zink

New York City, 2014. Agnes Maurer seeks a willing murderer and wonders what she should wear. Candidates include: an icy magazine editor with a special cutlery set; an eccentric designer from her past; and Agnes’s cruel novelist boyfriend. As she Ubers from Upper East Side shopping to Craigslist gun deals, Agnes’ desperation becomes an exhibition, a swan song of millennial sexuality as internalized abuse and consummate style, with the knob righty-tightened all the way.

Newton's prose is disturbingly fun, relentless, shattering. A crafted study of existential despair that culminates in a worthy, intense denouement. P 2026 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC|C 2026 Hallie Elizabeth Newton
Agnes Lives!: A Novel

Agnes Lives!: A Novel

Author: Hallie Elizabeth Newton
Read by: Hallie Elizabeth Newton
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