KILL CREATURES

A teenage girl’s secrets and lies come back to haunt her.

In the small lake resort town of Saltcedar, Utah, 17-year-old Nan is reeling from the disappearance of her three best friends, Edie, Jane, and Luce, who went missing during a nighttime hike in a local canyon. One year after their vanishing, Nan, her parents, and the entire town of Saltcedar are attending a vigil for the missing girls when Luce is miraculously found alive—a complete shock to Nan, who’s certain she’d killed all three of them. To her extreme relief, Nan learns that Luce doesn’t remember anything about what happened to her or where she’s been for the last year. As the police try to figure out what happened with the help of both girls, Nan’s lies are brought ever closer to unraveling while even darker secrets are brought to the surface, threatening everything Nan knows to be true about her life. Told in alternating timelines from before and after the disappearance, the story has multiple satisfying and unexpected twists and turns, leading to a shocking conclusion. Fans of Power will be happy to find her signature dark, flowing prose in abundance in this unputdownable thriller. The main characters are cued white, and there’s some queer representation among the four girls.

A gripping story of obsession and betrayal that will keep readers engrossed from the very first page.