Kill Creatures

Original, wickedly fun, and creepy, Kill Creatures is a story of survival, but not of victim over would-be murderer, instead, it’s a tale of a murderer trying to survive their victims.

It’s been a year since Nan’s three best friends – Jane, Edie, and Luce – suddenly disappeared at Saltcedar Canyon. Now presumed dead, and with no luck finding them, the girls’ families and the community hold a memorial, finally ready to say goodbye. But before they can begin, Luce is found – alive.

Nan is teeming with questions. She must figure out where Jane and Edie are, what happened to Luce over the past year, and, most importantly, how she is going to get away with this, given that she’s the one who killed her three friends. But when an unidentified skeleton is found in the canyon near where the girls went missing, Nan must solve the mystery of whether she killed another person she doesn’t even remember killing last summer, or if there’s another murderer in town.

Kill Creatures is a bone-chilling psychological thriller that grips you by the throat from beginning to end. Nan is a complex and beguiling protagonist whose true motivations and perspective on the world increasingly unravel until she is someone completely unfamiliar. Perfect for fans of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder or the film I Know What You Did Last Summer, Rory Power’s newest novel is a macabre book about female friendship, secrets, jealousy, and revenge.

With an unreliable narrator, a creepy small-town setting, and a touch of sapphic romance, Kill Creatures is the YA crime book of the year for me. For ages 15+.