Publication Date: January 30, 2026
It’s just a game… that someone would kill for.
When Jessie enters Tag, You’re It, she thinks she knows what she’s getting into. A sprawling, isolated mansion in beautiful countryside. Twenty contestants, all supposedly strangers. The rules seem simple…
- Each day, one of you is ‘It’.
- The person who is ‘It’ must complete a secret task to tag someone else.
- Whoever ends the day as ‘It’ is out… and loses the chance to win millions.
But most importantly… Don’t. Trust. Anybody.
Jessie is certain friendships are key to getting through, even fake ones. Some people would do anything to win that money. But nobody knows that Jessie has her own secret reasons for playing the game…
Then one of the players is found dead. When the police arrive to ask their questions, how far will Jessie go to hide the truth about her past – and the real reason she’s there?
And in the end, is this game really worth killing for?
A totally addictive thriller set around a deadly game in which nothing is as it seems. Perfect for anyone who loves The Traitors, Agatha Christie or Alice Feeney. And remember: Don’t. Trust. Anybody…
Twenty strangers gather at an isolated mansion, competing in a series of games in the hopes of winning an incredible amount of money.
Author Kerry Wilkinson delivers a winning concept with Tag You’re It, which represents a key element in the adventures. However, there should be a subtitle that warns against trusting anyone.
The story unfolds as many of these shows do, providing background on the players and then moving into the alliance phase. What the players don’t realize is that the rules have been bent.
Readers get to see events unfold from both a participant’s viewpoint, through Jessie, and from the production team’s viewpoint, through Ruth. Police interview excerpts woven in serve as foreshadowing of an unexpected event. There are plenty of twists and turns leading to the satisfying conclusion.
With the suspense rising at the end of each day, Tag You’re It proves to be much more than a childish game of chase.
Kerry Wilkinson is from the English county of Somerset but has spent far too long living in the north. It’s there that he’s picked up possibly made-up regional words like ‘barm’ and ‘ginnel’. He pretends to know what they mean.
He’s also been busy since turning thirty: his Jessica Daniel crime series has sold more than a million copies in the UK; he has written a fantasy-adventure trilogy for young adults; a second crime series featuring private investigator Andrew Hunter and the standalone thriller, Down Among The Dead Men.
