Glitzy gated communities, drug-induced hazes. National moral collapse and the “beautiful, haunted” allure of Los Angeles.
This is just a tease of the mood board that is Luke Goebel’s “Kill Dick,” an upcoming dark thriller novel about a privileged 19-year-old college dropout at a crossroads. Goebel is best known as the co-screenwriter behind “Eileen” (starring Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie) and “Causeway” (starring Jennifer Lawrence) with his wife, the novelist Ottessa Moshfegh. “Kill Dick” is out April 14, 2026 from Red Hen Press. USA TODAY is exclusively revealing the cover, designed by multimedia artist Alex Israel.