BOOKS OF THE MONTH

The best recent crime and thrillers

Laura Wilson

Killer Potential By Hannah Deitch Evie Gordon excelled as a student, but at 29, having failed to launch in the world of work, she is drowning in debt and working as a private tutor to the bored offspring of California’s super-rich. Arriving at the Beverly Hills mansion of student Serena Victor, she finds the place empty but for the corpses of Mr and Mrs Victor and a woman trapped in a cupboard under the stairs. After Evie frees the captive, the two women are forced to flee; they traverse the US in stolen cars, the subject of a national search, but the woman remains mute. However, adversity forges strong bonds, and the truth gradually begins to emerge. Part road movie, part psychodrama, this tense and pacy debut is a total…

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Guardian Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, 21 March 2025

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