Summary
Hannah Deitch: Killing Potential
Ideal for fans of neo-noir thrillers.
Ivy Gordon, a scholarship student with excellent grades and big dreams, always believed that she was special, that she would become famous. But after graduating from an elite university, she not only received a degree but also a large amount of student debt, so she began working as a private tutor for the children of the super-rich in Los Angeles.
Everything changes one Sunday when she arrives to hold regular classes at the Victor family mansion in Beverly Hills and finds a real massacre. In a beautiful garden, he finds the bloody bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Victor and a woman crying for help, trapped in a closet.
In a matter of moments, Ivy and an unknown woman go from witnesses to suspects, then fugitives. The media is calling Ivy the new Charles Manson - a bloodthirsty working-class girl who wants to start a class war. Ivy is finally known.
Fleeing across the country, Ivy desperately tries to prove her innocence. But first she must break through the walls erected by her new companion, an enigmatic and surprisingly skilled escape artist, a woman who becomes the most important person in Ivy's twisted life.
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