The Murder Complex
HarperCollins · Paperback · May 26, 2015
An action-packed, blood-soaked, futuristic debut thriller—set in a world where the murder rate is higher than the birthrate—by Lindsay Cummings, co-author (with Sasha Alsberg) of the New York Times #1 Bestseller Zenith.
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- Who it’s for
- A blood-soaked futuristic thriller pairs relentless action with a chillingly high-stakes world.
- Themes
- Survival under population control, Family secrets
- Pacing
- Fast
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An action-packed, blood-soaked, futuristic debut thriller—set in a world where the murder rate is higher than the birthrate—by Lindsay Cummings, co-author (with Sasha Alsberg) of the New York Times #1 Bestseller Zenith. "Legend meets La Femme Nikita in this dark and dangerous bloody thriller. The nonstop action of The Murder Complex kept us guessing at every twist and turn.
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It's a must for fans of action-packed dystopians like The Hunger Games and Divergent."—Justine Magazine Meadow Woodson, a fifteen-year-old girl who has been trained by her father to fight, to kill, and to survive in any situation, lives with her family on a houseboat in Florida. The state is controlled by The Murder Complex, an organization that tracks the population with precision. The plot starts to thicken when Meadow meets Zephyr James, who is—although he doesn't know it—one of the MC's programmed assassins. Is their meeting a coincidence? Destiny? Or part of a terrifying strategy? And will Zephyr keep Meadow from discovering the haunting truth about her family? Action-packed, blood-soaked, and chilling, this is a dark and compelling debut novel by Lindsay Cummings.
Dark, Fast Thrills
A blood-soaked futuristic thriller pairs relentless action with a chillingly high-stakes world.
Come here for
- A sharp-edged dystopian setting where murder outpaces birth
- A young heroine trained to fight, kill, and survive
Expect
- Dark, dangerous tension alongside fast-moving action
- A thriller with a chilling edge
Where it sits
| YA Dystopian Fiction | 90% |
|---|---|
| Thrillers & Suspense | 35% |
| YA Apocalyptic Fiction | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Survival Stories
- Coming of Age
- YA Dystopian Fiction
- YA Alternative Family Stories
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- Dark YA Fantasy
- YA Fantasy Romance
- Holiday YA
- YA Horror
- Authors
- Lindsay Cummings
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 26, 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Survival under population control · Family secrets
- Reading lane
- YA Survival Stories