Assistant to the Villain

Book Playlist

Assistant to the Villain Playlist

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

20 tracks

balanced

Aug 30, 2026

3 mixes for this book

This playlist threads mystery and danger through Evie Sage’s tense job spiral—mixing crisp, investigative instrumentals with lyrical tracks that echo secrecy, uneasy attraction, and villainous employment-as-identity. The pacing moves from quiet dread to sly momentum, matching the book’s back-and-forth between discretion, chaos, and reluctant loyalty.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Totem

Tycho · Infinite Health

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2

The Great Unknown

Ice Nine Kills · The Great Unknown

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3

Go

The Chemical Brothers · Born In The Echoes

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4

Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer": I. Adagio sostenuto – Presto

Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Violinsonaten Nr.2,5,9

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5

Open Eye Signal (under the fabric)

Jon Hopkins · 9 months & 50 hours

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6

The Dark Side of the Sun

Mono Inc. · Darkness

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7

In a Landscape

John Cage · Road 66

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8

Twin Peaks Theme - Instrumental

Angelo Badalamenti · Soundtrack From Twin Peaks

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9

Riders Of The Apocalypse

Two Steps from Hell · Dragon

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10

Secrecy

Addi Self · ZONGORONTO

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11

Haunted House

Neoni · Haunted House

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12

Rivers In Your Mouth - Live At Maida Vale

Ben Howard · Rivers In Your Mouth (Live At Maida Vale)

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13

Bodies

Drowning Pool · Head Banging

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14

Mystery of Love

Sufjan Stevens · Mystery of Love

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15

Bad Habits

Ed Sheeran · Eclipse de Canciones

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16

Look What You Made Me Do

Sepia Tone · Taylor Swift Covers On Piano

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17

The Less I Know The Better

Tame Impala · Trending Now Volume 4

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18

Make Me Wanna Die

The Pretty Reckless · Light Me Up

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19

Wicked Game

GhostMinus · Cold Soda (Spotify Version)

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20

Don’t Give Too Much of a Fuck

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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