Kill Creatures

Author: Rory Power

Reading age: from c 14 years (Young Adult)

Published on 5 June 2025 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.

“A tense, enthralling psychological thriller.”

- Guardian

“More than just a killer premise... a propulsive YA thriller.”

- Culturefly

“Kill Creatures blew me away. A YA thriller masterclass.

Nan is a standout protagonist, all jagged edges and pointed teeth

but with a soft and vulnerable underbelly. I cannot stop thinking

about it. Rory Power is at her very best” - Laura

Steven, author of Our Infinite Fates

“A shuddery and gripping specter of a book, Kill Creatures

is an ode to the knife-sharp edges of teenage friendship.”

- Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A

Study in Drowning

“Electric…a terrifying and stunningly crafted thriller.”

- Kara A. Kennedy, author of I Will Never

Leave You

“Kill Creatures grabs you by the throat and demands to

be read in a single sitting.” - Kara Thomas, author of

That Weekend and The Cheerleaders

“Kill Creatures is a pulse-pounding page-turner. A true

master class in suspense, character, and tension.” -

Kayla Cottingham, New York Times bestselling author of My

Dearest Darkest

  From the bestselling author of Wilder

Girls and queen of twisty narratives, Rory Power, comes her

highly anticipated new Young Adult thriller. An instant New

York Times bestseller. Last summer, Nan's three

best friends disappeared into Saltcedar Canyon.

She's

spent the year since grieving their loss and avoiding questions

about what happened that night. Now, on the anniversary, she's ready

to say goodbye, and so are the girls' families, who have reconvened

to hold a memorial. But their vigil is interrupted by the

shocking return of one of the missing girls alive. Everybody is overjoyed.

Everybody, that is, except Nan, who was pretty sure they

were dead.

After all, she's the one who killed them.

Atmospheric, fast-paced and vividly realised, Kill Creatures

is a book about secrets, jealousy, violence and revenge.

Perfect for fans of A Good Girls Guide to Murder

and Gone Girl.

  Reviews

for Wilder Girls: 'Your new

favourite book' Cosmopolitan'Wholly

original and compelling'  Observer'A staggering gut punch of a book' Kirkus 

Rory Power lives in Rhode Island.

She has an MA in prose fiction from the University of East

Anglia, and is the New York Times bestselling author of Wilder

Girls, Burn Our Bodies Down, and In a Garden

Burning Gold.