The Revenge Club: Book vs. Series

Gabbie Asher’s 2025 Paramount+ series The Revenge Club is adapted from J. D. Pennington’s novel The Othello Club. Both follow a divorce support group whose shared revenge plan turns dangerous.

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About the book and the series
Book
The Othello Club cover
Author
J. D. Pennington
Year
2025
Pages
400Buy book
Audiobook length
11 hr 25 minGet audiobook
Narrator
Candida Gubbins

Emily joins a divorce support group after betrayal destroys the life she believed was secure. Over drinks, six members agree to carry out small acts of revenge on one another’s former partners, but their private pact becomes far more dangerous when the targets begin dying and no one knows who has broken the rules.

Series
The Revenge Club poster
Creator
Gabbie Asher
Year
2025
Episode
46 min
Seasons
1
Episodes
6
Network
Paramount+
Cast
Martin Compston, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Meera Syal, Sharon Rooney, Douglas Henshall, Chaneil Kular, Amit Shah
Genre
Crime, Drama, Thriller
IMDb
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Six strangers meet in a divorce support group and decide to avenge one another’s betrayals with carefully planned acts of payback. What begins with petty pranks gives the group a new sense of purpose, but the schemes escalate into deadly incidents and leave everyone wondering who has taken revenge beyond their agreement.

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