KILL DICK
A new novel by Luke Goebel
Available April 14
Desire. Power. Moral Decay.
Los Angeles.
Kill Dick is the highly anticipated new novel by award-winning author and screenwriter Luke Goebel, known for his work on the films Eileen and Causeway. Releasing in Spring 2026 from Red Hen Press, the novel marks a bold and urgent return to literary fiction.
“Caustic, combative and tender, Kill Dick is the kind of book that makes you want to write… Luke Goebel has woven an insane portrait of Los Angeles in the vein of Bret Easton Ellis and Joan Didion. It’s a car chase of a novel, where you never want to look away.”
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In Kill Dick, Luke Goebel explores money, desire, and moral decay in contemporary America, examining the quiet violence embedded within systems built to protect power at the expense of truth and accountability. With sharp psychological insight and uncompromising prose, the novel confronts corruption, complicity, and the cost of ambition.
A NOVEL: KILL DICK
A NOVEL: KILL DICK
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ELLE
“I’ve read an early copy of ‘Kill Dick’...I fell in love with [the] protagonist, and that’s what hooked me.” — Jennette McCurdy (ELLE)
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Playboy
“It’s a car chase of a novel, where you never want to look away.” — Playboy (Most Anticipated Books of 2026)
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USA Today
“‘Kill Dick’ is a love letter to LA’s darkness and light.”
— USA TODAY
ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF FOURTEEN STORIES, NONE OF THEM ARE YOURS, CO-WRITER OF the films CAUSEWAY and EILEEN
Positioned as one of the most talked-about literary releases of 2026, Kill Dick reinforces Luke Goebel’s reputation as a fearless and provocative voice in modern fiction.
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At 19, Susie Vogelman should be coasting: an NYU dropout with no responsibilities, endless prescription pills, and a Brentwood estate to waste away in. But Los Angeles has other plans. A string of brutal murders targeting addicts spreads through the city, and Susie’s ivory tower begins to crumble. The headlines point too close to home: her father’s ties to an opioid empire, a sinister secret society, and her own complicity in the systems holding it all together.
