Terminally Kill
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  • Published: 6 January 2026
  • ISBN: 9781405958721
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $26.00
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Terminally Kill

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6 Jan 2026
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25 Jul 2024
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25 Jul 2024
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25 Aug 2024
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A uniquely funny story that will keep you turning the page, from beloved TV presenter, Steve Jones

Former policeman Ray ‘Sugar’ Leonard is no stranger to bad breaks. But even Walter White never had to \"share his feelings\" with a bunch of misfits like Ray’s chemotherapy group: a giant Welsh bouncer, a Wolf of Wall Street wannabe, and a potty-mouthed little old lady.


Compared to that lot, getting mugged almost came as a relief.

But Ray is not your average victim. When his training kicks in, and his would-be attacker winds up dead, he starts to wonder who else he could deal out such summary justice to . . .

After all, he’s got cancer. What’s he got to lose?
  • Published: 6 January 2026
  • ISBN: 9781405958721
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $26.00
Categories:

About the author

Steve Jones

Jones is Professor of Genetics at University College London and has worked at universities in the USA, Australia and Africa. He gave the BBC Reith Lectures in 1991, and presented a successful BBC TV series on human genetics and evolution in 1996. He is a regular columnist for the Daily Telegraph and frequently appears on radio and television. His previous books include The Language of the Genes (which won the 1994 Rhône-Poulenc Science Book Prize) and In the Blood (shortlisted for the 1997 Rhône-Poulenc). He won the 1997 Royal Society Faraday Medal for the Public Understanding of Science.

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Praise for Terminally Kill

Sensational. I loved it. An absolute thrill ride

John Niven

Spectacular. Terminally Kill reads like Richard Osman with more blood. A tale of morality, mortality and what happens when a life takes you beyond breaking point'

Tony Parsons