But Kit’s current actions are causing her to rethink these rules and by allowing this doubt to enter her mind, Kit is treading close to making her first murder-related mistake. This morally nihilistic world-view is one that readers will easily understand, even while it is unlikely that they will subscribe to it. For them, there is no right or wrong, there just is. Kit lives by a set of rules passed on to her from her Mother, who killed before her. Both of these mistakes could end up costing her much more than she bargained for. And when she decides to delay the killing of her latest victim – a school-mate named Maggie – she chooses to befriend the girl in the meantime. Without thinking through the ramifications, Kit has taken to hanging out with and helping the Scotland Yard investigator assigned to “The Perfect Killer” case. However, those teen years also account for a large percentage of the errors in judgment and mistakes that most individuals make in their lives.
She has even created her own calling card, by leaving these letters at the scene of each crime. To be fair, Kit is soliciting murder requests from everyday folks via a secret mail-slot hidden at one of her favorite hangouts, so there is a method to her madness. Commonly referred to as “The Perfect Killer” by the authorities, press, and even her own mother, Kit might be forgiven for letting the attention go to her head – if it weren’t for the dead bodies scattered all over London. And that is pretty much where the predictability of Dear Killer ends.ĭear Killer is the story of Kit Ward, a sixteen-year old Londoner, who also happens to be the most famous serial killer of her time. Thus, it is no surprise that Katherine Ewell, a teen herself, would choose to set her debut novel amidst these tumultuous years. It is during these formative years when teens believe they know more than their elders and that no one should be able to tell them what to do.
The teenage years are when the youth of the world typically feel the most invincible.
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