Killer Potential
A Novel
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- ¥2,400
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“Fierce, fun, wild, and enraging.” —Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark
“A real joy to read . . . Killer Potential earns Deitch a spot on the ‘new novelists to watch’ list.” — Associated Press
An electric debut novel following two young women after they flee a bloody murder scene in the Hollywood Hills and quickly become a runaway media sensation
Destined for greatness, wanted for murder. . .
A scholarship kid with straight As and big dreams, Evie Gordon always thought she was special, that she’d be someone. But after graduating from an elite university, she finds herself drowning in debt and working as an SAT tutor for the super-rich of Los Angeles.
Everything changes one Sunday, when she arrives for her weekly lesson at the Victors’ Beverly Hills estate and, in lieu of a bored teenager, finds the bloody remains of the parents strewn through their beautiful back garden, and a woman crying for help within a closet. As Evie works to free her, the two are spotted—and within moments, they go from bystanders to suspects to fugitives.
Suddenly at the heart of a manhunt and accompanied by a mysterious woman who refuses to speak, Evie knows the only way to clear her name is to find the real killer. But first she’ll have to break down the barriers of her companion, who is quickly becoming the most important person in Evie’s upside-down life. Their breathless spree takes them across the U.S. as developments in the case shock the nation and the press runs wild with Evie’s story: a gifted kid turned killer. She's now on the cover of every magazine and newspaper—anointed the new Charles Manson, a bloodthirsty ninety-nine percenter looking to start a class war. Evie is finally someone.
By turns cuttingly hilarious and deeply insightful, Killer Potential is a strikingly original debut. A literary novel with the page-turning intensity of a thriller that asks timely questions about our belief in the romance of social mobility, and how the stories we’re sold about our potential can shape the course of our lives.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A 29-year-old SAT tutor turned murder suspect goes on the lam in Deitch's stylish debut. When Evie Gordon reports to the Victor family's mansion in L.A.'s Los Feliz neighborhood for a study session with 17-year-old Serena, she finds the door ajar. Nobody answers her shouts, so she proceeds to the garden, where she discovers the corpses of Serena's parents. Evie then retreats to the foyer, where she hears a noise from under the stairs. Inside a compartment is a young woman bound with an electrical cord, whom Evie frees just as Serena arrives. Serena initially mistakes the duo for intruders, and in the resulting chaos, Evie knocks Serena unconscious, possibly killing her. Serena's boyfriend then walks in, prompting the panicked pair to run, and a manhunt to start. Evie knows the truth likely resides with her fellow fugitive; unfortunately for her, however, the woman won't speak. Deitch's twisty tale takes the form of an after-the-fact tell-all by Evie, and her wry narration adds texture and fizz to the action without skimping on character development. Neo-noir fans will get a kick out of this.
