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368 pages, Paperback
First published September 7, 2021
People love psychology because people are narcissistic. And as a psychopath I’m particularly narcissistic.
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That’s the problem with people like us—we’re too good at lying so you never know the truth.
My only consolation was that once I was done with Will, I could throw myself body and soul into what college is supposed to be: romantic intrigue, baiting girls into stupid fights for fun, having affairs with professors.
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The inside of the pig was all different shades of gray. Dead-looking pinkish gray, sodden-intestine gray. I would be great at coming up with the names for shades of paint.
Chloe Sevre is offered a scholarship at a Washington DC university in exchange for being one of seven students who are part of an unusual psychological study. After all, she is a diagnosed psychopath and a merit-ranking student. Chloe gladly accepts the free education because she has her own secret agenda: she wants to kill a fellow student named Will Bachman. Her planning is flawless and her activity schedule leading to the intended murder starts off well on track, but is soon derailed by the murder of a fellow student in the psychology building. Soon, Chloe fights two battles: she wants to be the hunter but she doesn’t want to be the hunted.
Two other key characters in this story are Charles—a wealthy businessman’s son who seems to live his life under a façade, and Andre—a Black student from a middle class background who is in the same study as Chloe but for financial reasons. When the murder is discovered, the paths of the trio converge.
The story is written in multiple perspectives of these three characters, with Chloe being voiced in first person and the two boys voiced in omniscient third person.