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Killing Ruby Rose
Contributor(s): Humphries, Jessie (Author)
ISBN: 147782006X     ISBN-13: 9781477820063
Publisher: Skyscape
OUR PRICE:   $8.99  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2014
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories
- Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Young Adult Fiction | Law & Crime
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2014931411
Series: Ruby Rose
Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.61" W x 8.22" (0.75 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Southern California
- Geographic Orientation - California
 
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Publisher Description:

In sunny Southern California, seventeen-year-old Ruby Rose is known for her killer looks and her killer SAT scores. But ever since her dad, an LAPD SWAT sergeant, died, she's also got a few killer secrets.

To cope, Ruby has been trying to stay focused on school (the top spot in her class is on the line) and spending time with friends (her Jimmy Choos and Manolo Blahniks are nothing if not loyal). But after six months of therapy and pathetic parenting by her mom, the District Attorney, Ruby decides to pick up where her dad left off and starts going after the bad guys herself.

When Ruby ends up killing a murderer to save his intended victim, she discovers that she's gone from being the huntress to the hunted. There's a sick mastermind at play, and he has Ruby in his sights. Ruby must discover who's using her to implement twisted justice before she ends up swapping Valentino red for prison orange.

With a gun named Smith, a talent for martial arts, and a boyfriend with eyes to die for, Ruby is ready to face the worst. And if a girl's forced to kill, won't the guilt sit more easily in a pair of Prada peep-toe pumps?

"With a fierce and witty heroine, this dark and twisty mystery is everything I love in a book. Killing Ruby Rose is an all-around thrilling debut that kept me riveted from beginning to end " --Megan Miranda, author of Fracture, Hysteria, and Vengeance


Contributor Bio(s): Humphries, Jessie: - Jessie Humphries was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. She received a BA from San Diego State University, where she cultivated her love of the beach; then lived in France, where she cultivated her weakness for shoes; and finally earned a law degree from University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she cultivated her interest in justice. Appropriately, her debut novel, Killing Ruby Rose, is a thriller about vigilante justice set in sunny Southern California with a shoe-obsessed protagonist. Jessie currently writes and practices law in Las Vegas, where she lives with her husband and children.