Female of the Species, The : Mindy McGinnis

Paperback | Thrillers & Suspense Edgar Award–winning author Mindy McGinnis—with her unique voice and brilliant prose—delivers a riveting contemporary novel about the lives of three teens connected by violence and what it means to be the female of the species. A stunning, dark page-turner. Now in paperback. Alex Craft knows how to kill someone. And she doesn’t feel bad about it. Three years ago, when her older sister, Anna, was murdered and the killer walked free, Alex uncaged the language she knows best—the language of violence. While her own crime goes unpunished, Alex knows she can’t be trusted among other people. Not with Jack, the star athlete who wants to really know her, but still feels guilty over the role he played the night Anna’s body was discovered. And not with Peekay, the preacher’s kid with a defiant streak who befriends Alex while they volunteer at an animal shelter. Not anyone. As their senior year unfolds, Alex’s darker nature breaks out, setting these three teens