NetGalley: This Girl's a Killer by Emma Wells
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Published: 10/24/2024
Pages: 432
Genre: Thriller/Mystery
Review: ARC from NetGalley and Publisher
Ask Cordelia Black why she did it. The answer will always be: He had it coming.
Cordelia Black loves exactly three things: Her chosen family, her hairdresser (worth every penny plus tip), and killing bad men.
By day she's an ambitious pharma rep with a flawless reputation and designer wardrobe. By night, she culls South Louisiana of unscrupulous men—monsters who think they've evaded justice, until they meet her. Sure, the evening news may have started throwing around phrases like "serial killer," but Cordelia knows that's absurd. She's not a killer, she is simply karma. And being karma requires complete and utter control.
But when Cordelia discovers a flaw in her perfectly designed system for eliminating monsters, pressure heightens. And it only intensifies when her best friend starts dating a man Cordelia isn't sure is a good person. Someone who might just unravel everything she has worked for.
Soon enough Cordelia has to come face to face with the choices she's made. The good, the bad, and the murderous. Both her family, and her freedom, depend on it.
Cordelia Black loves exactly three things: Her chosen family, her hairdresser (worth every penny plus tip), and killing bad men.
By day she's an ambitious pharma rep with a flawless reputation and designer wardrobe. By night, she culls South Louisiana of unscrupulous men—monsters who think they've evaded justice, until they meet her. Sure, the evening news may have started throwing around phrases like "serial killer," but Cordelia knows that's absurd. She's not a killer, she is simply karma. And being karma requires complete and utter control.
But when Cordelia discovers a flaw in her perfectly designed system for eliminating monsters, pressure heightens. And it only intensifies when her best friend starts dating a man Cordelia isn't sure is a good person. Someone who might just unravel everything she has worked for.
Soon enough Cordelia has to come face to face with the choices she's made. The good, the bad, and the murderous. Both her family, and her freedom, depend on it.
Our main character has some issues going on in her life and it just seems to spiral downward from the get-go. Sadly, she can handle it, but we see her stress and stress over what to do. Her main job is as a pharmacy rep who on the side ends up ridding the world of those that no longer deserve to be here. She sees something in their eyes and once she does she knows they aren't good. Then throw in her best friend who seems to fall in love with anyone who shows her a spark of interest. Cordelia knows something is wrong with Simon but she can't figure it out. So it is her mission to figure it out while dealing with her job, and possibly being in a relationship.
Our main character had an interesting background, but we didn't get much of it. I felt that would have helped us understand why she is the way she is. So that fell flat. I also felt she kept repeating a lot of things that did not need repeating.
There is some humor so that helps with the thriller part of the story. I also really liked the cleanup/disposal of the bodies never once thought to do it that way so that was very interesting. The ending I felt left us enough to maybe there could be a second book. However, I think I would bypass it unless the author does a better job of not repeating and making her character not annoying.
Emma C. Wells is the USA Today bestselling author of This Girl's A Killer.
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