{"product_id":"killer-potential-2","title":"Killer Potential","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compelling, creepy and cool . . . a Thelma \u0026amp; Louise for our times'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePAULA HAWKINS, author of\u003ci\u003e The Girl on the Train\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fierce, fun, wild and enraging'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHRIS WHITAKER, author of\u003ci\u003e All The Colours of the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Razor-sharp writing, frenzied pace, twists and turns - prepare for impact!'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBONNIE GARMUS, author of\u003ci\u003e Lessons In Chemistry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Pump this into my veins. A modern day Thelma \u0026amp; Louise for lesbians who make Das Kapital jokes'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMADELEINE GRAY, author of\u003ci\u003e Green Dot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDecisions were made: I made them. Violence was done: I did it. Crime scenes were fled: I fled them.  People were hurt: I hurt them. Someone was loved: I loved them. Not everything I did was bad. Just most of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA scholarship kid with straight As and massive potential, Evie Gordon always thought she was special, that she'd be someone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut after graduating from an elite university, she finds herself drowning in debt and working as a private tutor to the children of Los Angeles's super-rich.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverything changes when Evie arrives at the Victor family's lavish mansion for her weekly lesson to discover, not the bored teenager she excepted, but pure carnage: the bloody remains of Mr and Mrs Victor sullying their beautiful back garden, and a woman crying for help from within the walls of the house.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin moments, Evie and the woman go from bystanders to suspects to fugitives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuddenly at the heart of a nation-wide manhunt, Evie finds that her mysterious companion, who refuses to speak, has quickly become the most important person in her upside-down life. Meanwhile, the press runs wild with Evie's story - anointing her the new Charles Manson, a blood thirsty ninety-nine percenter looking to start a class war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvie is - finally and disastrously - someone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDroll, dark and deeply insightful, \u003ci\u003eKiller Potential \u003c\/i\u003eis an edge-of-your-seat break-neck ride, a queer love story, and a darkly funny critique of the horrors of late capitalism and how the stories we're sold about our potential can shape the course of our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56414090821976,"sku":"9781399619585","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781399619585.jpg?v=1778307356","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/killer-potential-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}