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by Katherine Ewell
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."
"Chilling and fascinating at the same time, despite flaws. Ages 13-16." - Kirkus
" With thoughtful discussion on philosophy and human nature, as well as satisfyingly detailed and gory descriptions of murders, Ewell's book offers plenty for readers to savor and discuss." - Booklist
"Dear Killer is a must-have for public libraries looking to freshen up their horror and crime selection. " - VOYA
"With thoughtful discussions on philosophy and human nature, as well as satisfyingly detailed and gory descriptions of murders, readers will find plenty to savor and discuss." - ALA Booklist
"Shocking, mesmerizing, and very smart." - Michael Grant, New York Times bestselling author of the Gone series
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Katherine Ewell wrote Dear Killer when she was seventeen years old. She was one of fifty finalists out of 5,000 entries in the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest and has attended the invitational Iowa Young Writers' Studio. In addition, she has the distinction of being named a California Arts Scholar and has been awarded the California Governor's Medallion for artistically talented youth. Dear Killer is her first novel.
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