How far can you run to escape your past? In The Killer's Cousin, an expertly crafted psychological thriller by Nancy Werlin, seventeen-year-old David Yaffe, after an emotionally wrenching trial, has been acquitted of his girlfriend's death. Due to the media following his every move and his subsequent isolation from his friends and community, David is sent to live with his aunt and uncle in Massachusetts. Immediately, he discovers that this part of his family is deeply troubled. His aunt and uncle do not speak, as they blame each other for the apparent suicide of their older daughter, Kathy. David's younger cousin, Lily, is deeply resentful of him, and does everything possible to fracture the tenuous relationship between David and her parents. When Lily's behavior becomes more malicious, he begins to suspect that she had a role in Kathy's death. As David tentatively tries to piece his life back together he wonders: What kinds of secrets can be hidden beneath a family's carefully constructed facade?
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