Dear Killer
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Full of "can't look away" moments, Dear Killer is a psychological thriller perfect for fans of gritty realistic fiction such as Dan Wells's I Am Not a Serial Killer and Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why, as well as television's Dexter.
Rule One—Nothing is right, nothing is wrong. Kit looks like your average seventeen-year-old high school student, but she has a secret—she's London's notorious "Perfect Killer." She chooses who to murder based on letters left in a secret mailbox, and she's good—no, perfect—at what she does.
Her moral nihilism—the fact that she doesn't believe in right and wrong—makes being a serial killer a whole lot easier . . . until she breaks her own rules by befriending someone she's supposed to murder, as well as the detective in charge of the Perfect Killer case.
As New York Times bestselling author of the Gone series Michael Grant says, Dear Killer is "shocking, mesmerizing, and very smart."
She’s hunting her targets, and he’s hunting her. How long can Kit maintain her perfect record when the two people who could expose her are the ones she’s letting closest?
Morally Grey Protagonist: Kit doesn’t kill for pleasure; she kills because it’s her job, guided by a chilling philosophy where right and wrong are merely opinions.Teen Assassin: By day, she’s a student at the elite Ivy High School. By night, she’s London’s most feared killer, choosing her victims from letters left in a secret mailbox.High-Stakes Secrecy: The detective hunting the "Perfect Killer" is brilliant, dedicated… and getting dangerously close. The problem? Kit is starting to like him.Psychological Suspense: Perfect for fans of Dexter and I Am Not a Serial Killer, this thriller explores the mind of a killer who breaks her own rules, risking everything for a connection she never expected.
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Seventeen-year-old Kit is secretly London's dreaded "Perfect Killer," a nihilistic serial killer trained by her mother to carry out murder as part of a higher calling, choosing her victims from anonymous letters sent to her. As her body count grows, the police remain stymied until Kit starts losing her focus. From making one murder personal to befriending a victim and outright flirting with the policeman unofficially assigned to the Perfect Killer case, it seems as though Kit's carefully constructed fa ade is finally crumbling. But she's still committed to carrying out one last assignment, heedless of the consequences. This tense page-turner was a finalist in the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel contest and represents Ewell's debut. She expertly captures Kit's dispassionate yet conflicted state of being, chronicling the chaotic swirl of emotions as the routine breaks down. However, Kit's point of view leads many other characters to feel less developed. The almost hypnotic nature of the storyline doesn't quite make up for moments of implausibility (including Kit's success and general modus operandi) and other plot holes in an otherwise solid thriller. Ages 13 up.
