In person at Brookline Booksmith! Celebrate the release of Murder for the Modern Girl with author Kendall Kulper, in conversation with Katie Cotugno.

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Murder for the Modern Girl

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.

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.” 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.

Waltzing between a supernaturally enhanced romance, the battle to take down a gentleman’s club, and loyal friendships worth their weight in diamonds, Ruby brings defiant charm to every spectacular page of Murder for the Modern Girl—not to mention killer fashion. An irresistible caper perfect for fans of The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue.

Kendall Kulper is the author of award-winning young adult historical fiction with a fantasy twist. She graduated from Harvard University with an honors degree in History & Literature and lives in Cambridge, MA with her husband, two daughters, and much-Instagrammed dog, Abby.

Moderator Katie Cotugno is the author of Birds of California which will be published in April 2022. She is the the New York Times bestselling author of seven romantic YA novels including 99 Days and You Say It First, and the co-author, with Candance Bushnell, of Rules for Being a Girl. Katie is a Pushcart Prize nominee whose work has appeared in The Iowa Review, The Mississippi Review and Argestes, as well as many other literary magazines. She lives in Boston.