Tender Beasts

Tender BeastsAfter her private school is rocked by a gruesome murder, a teen tries to find the real killer and clear her brother's name in this "creepily potent story of a family legacy that gives terrifying shape to monsters real and imagined" (Kirkus Reviews) perfect for fans of The Taking of Jake Livingston and Ace of Spades. Sunny Behre has four siblings, but only one is a murderer. With the death of Sunny's mother, matriarch of the wealthy Behre family,

Dimple has bigger things to think about

engaged-to-be-married cousin

the school's resident bad boy

Before she can catch her breath

travel writing

brings together an essential collection of Davis's writing over the years

but instead of letting it defeat him

"--Samantha Shannon

so she knows what it means to be invisible

reducing its horror to explicit violence and brutality

"Lesley's recipes inspire in the ways they approach

and a husband who--despite his flaws--depended on Coretta Scott King as an intellectual and political guide in the national fight against racism