A Girl To Kill
A Novel
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Pub Date Jun 8 2027 | Archive Date Jun 12 2027
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Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of All Good People Here and The Missing Half comes a clever, twisty thriller that asks the question: why are we so obsessed with dead girls?
All the best stories start with a dead girl.
Kat Howard, a scholarship student at the prestigious Ashbrook College, needs to make some extra money, and fast.
Enter fellow writing major and Ashbrook's wunderkind, Theo Hart.
At eighteen, Theo became a literary sensation when he published Growing Up Scarface, a memoir chronicling the fire that killed his little sister and left him permanently scarred. Years later, Theo is still waiting for his next great book idea -- and the paycheck that comes with it.
Like Kat, he's desperate.
When Theo proposes a scheme to swindle their wealthy classmate and stuck-up oil heiress, Madelyn St. Clair, out of her inheritance, it feels like a win for them both. But as Kat sinks deeper into the con, it becomes clear not everyone is who they seem to be, and soon the game for money turns into one of life or death.
As each of these three unique points of view unfolds, a new layer of the story is peeled back, revealing the shocking truth at its heart.
Advance Praise
"Both the plot and the characters are so full and rich I can only describe A Girl to Kill as a juicy thriller I can't get enough of!"
―Ashley Flowers, host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie
"A Girl to Kill is the kind of thriller that makes it very easy to say, “Just one more chapter.” With addictive character dynamics, breakneck pacing, and a smart, wildly satisfying ending, Alex Kiester delivers a twisty ride that had me flying through the pages."
―Jeneva Rose, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"This may just be the best con novel ever written. Incisive and smart, with twists that subvert every expectation―even our idea of the dead girl trope itself. A pitch-perfect elevated thriller that fans of Gillian Flynn and Megan Abbott will tear through."
―Chandler Baker, New York Times bestselling author of Whisper Network
"A blistering thriller with an irresistible campus game of cat-and-mouse, A Girl to Kill is Gillian Flynn-esque in its immaculate execution of shocking twists. And while the perfect pacing will leave readers gasping, Kiester is after something bigger still―asking what happens when the collegiate experience of self-discovery is all just a long con to hide a killer truth. An incredible, propulsive read from a master thriller writer of our generation."
―Katy Hays, New York Times bestselling author of The Cloisters and Saltwater
"All hail, Alex Kiester, the new queen of the twisty thriller! Pages fly in this explosive, shocking, and utterly unputdownable send-up of literary ambition and our cultural obsession with dead young women. A whip-smart page-turner that hits the mark! 10/10!"
―Mary Pauline Lowry, author of Last Night Was Killer
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781464296659 |
| PRICE | $28.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 336 |