num_pages: 347
description: 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.Its a match made in 1928 Chicago where gangsters run City Hall jazz fills the air and every good girls purse conceals a flask.Until now eighteen-year-old Rubys 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 gentlemans club and loyal friendships worth their weight in diamonds Ruby brings defiant charm to every spectacular page of Murder for the Modern Girlnot to mention killer fashion. An irresistible caper perfect for fans of The Gentlemans Guide to Vice and Virtue.
language: English
title: Murder for the Modern Girl
publisher: Holiday House