Hannah Deitch

Broschiertes Buch

Killer Potential

Beschreibung

Decisions were made: I made them. Violence was done: I did it. Crime scenes were fled: I fled them. People were hurt: I hurt them. Someone was loved: I loved them. Not everything I did was bad. Just most of it. 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 a weekly lesson at the Victors' Beverly Hills mansion to discover pure carnage: the bloody remains of Mr. and Mrs. Victor sullying their beautiful back garden, and a woman crying for help from within the walls of the family's estate. Within moments, Evie and the woman go from bystanders to suspects to fugitives. Anointed the new Charles Manson by the press, a bloodthirsty ninety-nine percenter hoping to spark a class war, Evie is finally someone. At the heart of a nationwide manhunt, Evie is desperate to clear her name. But first she'll have to break down the barriers of her new companion - who is inscrutable, surprisingly skilled at being on the run, and quickly becoming the most important person in Evie's upside-down life.

Autor

Hannah Deitch is a former SAT tutor and current PhD candidate in English at UC Irvine, where she studies Marxist theory and contemporary pop culture. A former arts magazine editor with a Master's in journalism from USC, Hannah has been published by the LA Times, LA Weekly, and the LA Review of Books. She lives in Los Angeles, where she also works as an editor at a romance novel-based mobile game studio.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion
• Seitenzahl: 311
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9781399619578
• ISBN-10: 1399619578
• Artikelnr.: 71555841

Rezensionen

"A bloody, class-conscious, suspenseful thriller starring two young women caught in a spiral of violence, blame, and bonding. This rocket-fueled debut is a deliciously dark, twisting, entertaining read, so beware the urge to stay up all night finishing it. . . . A taut psychological drama as backbone to a propulsive thriller of gruesome crime, exhilaration, and deception. Killer Potential is disturbing, fun, and unforgettable." - Shelf Awareness (starred review)

"Paula Hawkins doesn't blurb your book unless there's a well-earned twist, and Killer Potential delivers on that front. The final third or so of the novel is a real joy to read as Deitch fills in all the blanks using different narrative

techniques. . . . Killer Potential earns Deitch a spot on the 'new novelists to watch' list." - Associated Press

"Part road movie, part psychodrama, this tense and pacy debut is a total page-turner." - The Guardian, Best Thrillers of the Year

"Hannah Deitch's Killer Potential is an impressive debut that shows its author has exactly that." - Gabino Iglesias, Crimereads

"A Hitchcockian cocktail of romance, suspicion and suspense in which each woman may be a killer and liar and each may turn her lover in." - The Times (UK), Best Thrillers of the Year

"Razor-sharp writing, frenzied pace, twists and turns - prepare for impact!" - Bonnie Garmus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry

"Fierce, fun, wild, and enraging. Killer Potential is by turns moving, thrilling, raucous and funny. A deeply accomplished debut." - Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark

"Compelling and cool, Hannah Deitch has written a Thelma & Louise for our times." - Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Slow Fire Burning and The Girl on the Train

"Thrilling, audacious, and laden with more booby traps than a survivalist's lair, Killer Potential heralds the arrival of a stunning new literary voice. A riotous, wholly singular debut." - Kirstin Chen, New York Times bestselling author of Counterfeit

"A hot, twisty fever dream you'll never want to wake up from . . . Killer Potential throbs with deliciously cunning characters and a fierce intensity that will keep you turning every page quicker than the last." - Zakiya Dalila Harris, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Black Girl

"Like encountering a strong electrical current: Killer Potential is bright, bracing, and surging with power. Deitch's writing style is fast-paced and undeniably bold. This is the kind of book that imprints itself on your brain; it's that wild of a ride. Killer Potential is one hell of a page turner and an honest to goddamn ton of twisted fun." - Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of Mostly Dead Things and With Teeth

"Deliriously fun, provocative, and gripping, it's almost too easy to give Killer Potential a perfect score. Hannah Deitch has a voice I would follow anywhere and this book has such a breathless, propulsive pace that I found myself turning to it whenever I had a spare moment. I kid you not, I propped my Kindle on top of the bathroom faucet so I could read it while I brushed my teeth. . . I know this word is overused when talking about books, but truly: unputdownable." - Katy Hays, New York Times bestselling author of The Cloisters

"Stylish . . . 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." - Publishers Weekly

"Entertaining . . . a steamy take on Thelma and Louise." - Booklist