Very Bad Company
  • Published: 29 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9781405955997
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $22.99

Very Bad Company

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Paperback
29 Jul 2025
Tr. Paperback
17 Sep 2024
Hardback
8 Sep 2024
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Three days in paradise. Ten dysfunctional colleagues. And one of them has gone missing...

When Caitlin accepts a new high-powered job at Aurora, she can't possibly realise what she's letting herself in for.

On the one hand, the senior team she’s joining is full of big personalities, never happier than when nursing a bitter grudge or pursuing an illicit affair.

On the other, the company is up for sale, and if they can just hold it together at their glamorous corporate retreat, each is set to make millions.

But when the group heads out on the first night of the trip, everyone drinks too much. People say – and do – things they’ll soon regret.

And next morning, one of the team is missing...
  • Published: 29 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9781405955997
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $22.99
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Emma Rosenblum

Emma Rosenblum is Chief Content Officer at BDG (Bustle Digital Group), overseeing content and strategy for BDG's Lifestyle, Parenting, and Culture & Innovation Portfolios, including Bustle, Elite Daily and more. Prior to BDG, Emma served as the executive editor of Elle, the No.1 fashion magazine brand in the world. Bad Summer People is her first novel.

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Praise for Very Bad Company

Praise for Emma Rosenblum

The perfect page-turning summer read

Grazia

Think Succession by the sea

Red Magazine

Wicked, clever fun that is White Lotus sharp

Kevin Kwan

Delicious: such gossipy, naughty fun. Cancel all plans while reading - I inhaled this

Lucy Foley

Fun, page-turning corporate suspense

People

A darkly funny mystery about toxic corporate culture

TIME

Juicy and hilarious, especially if you've ever had the misfortune of speaking to a tech bro for too long

Glamour

The wicked streak Rosenblum exhibited in her debut shows up here, too... This is a beach read with bite

Publishers Weekly

Rosenblum pits a fantastic cast of characters against each other in the weird world of tech

Saga

Entertaining

Woman's Weekly

Entertaining read

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