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Murder for the modern girl / Kendall Kulper.
"A ravishing young mind reader stalks the streets at night in kitten heels, prowling for men to murder. A soft-spoken genius toils away in the city morgue, desperate to unearth the science behind his gift for shapeshifting. It's a match made in 1928 Chicago, where gangsters run City Hall, jazz fills the air, and every good girl's purse conceals a flask. Until now, eighteen-year-old Ruby's penchant for poison has been a secret. No one knows that she uses her mind-reading abilities to target men who prey on vulnerable women, men who escape the clutches of Chicago "justice." But when she meets a brilliant boy working at the morgue, his knack for forensic detail threatens to uncover her dark hobby. Even more unfortunately: sharp, independent Ruby has fallen in love with him. Gatsby-era glamour, a swoon-worthy love story, and an indomitable heroine dazzle in this romp that captures the extravagance of the Roaring Twenties and the dangers of vigilante justice."--Dust jacket flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780823449729
- ISBN: 0823449726
- Physical Description: 347 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Holiday House, [2022]
- Copyright: ℗♭2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection"--Back cover. |
| Target Audience Note: | 14 up Holiday House. |
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| Genre: | Fiction. Historical fiction. History. Juvenile works. Historical fiction. Novels. |
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Kendall Kulper is an author living in Cambridge, MA. She writes historical fantasy for young adult readers and has published two novels, Salt & Storm (YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, Junior Library Guild Selection) and Drift & Dagger (JLG Selection), and a novella, Saltwater Heart. Murder for the Modern Girl (JLG Selection) is her first book with Holiday House. She graduated from Harvard University with an honors degree in History & Literature and lives with her husband, two daughters, and much-Instagrammed dog, Abby.