The Wicked Heart - by Christopher Pike (Paperback)

About the Book

Dusty had killed twice, and he was going to kill again. Yet he did not enjoy the taking of human life--and until he had started to kill, he had never even thought of hurting anyone. But tonight would be murder number three--the one that was supposed to charm. But where was the charm for Dusty?

Book Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Club--now an original Netflix series!

Dusty Shame was a high school senior, and a serial killer. Already he has murdered three young women, and he has more planned. Yet Dusty did not want to hurt anybody. There was something inside him, or perhaps outside him, that compelled him to kill.

Sheila Hardolt has lost her best friend to Dusty's brutal attacks. It will be her task to probe the clues Dusty has left at the site of each of his murders. Clues that will point her into the past--to a time when a large portion of mankind lost all sense of decency.

There she will find the seed of Dusty's evil compulsion, the Wicked Heart, and the reason why it did not die the first time it was destroyed.

About the Author

Christopher Pike is a bestselling young adult novelist and has published several adult books as well--Sati and The Season of Passage being the most popular. In YA, his Last Vampire series--often called Thirst--is a big favorite among his fans. Pike was born in Brooklyn, New York, but grew up in Los Angeles. He lives in Santa Barbara, California, with his longtime partner, Abir. Currently, several of Pike's books are being turned into films, including The Midnight Club, which Netflix released as part of a ten-part series. The Midnight Club also draws from a half dozen of Pike's earlier works. Presently, The Season of Passage is being adapted as a feature film by Universal Studios while Chain Letter--one of Pike all-time bestselling books--is also being adapted by Hollywood. At the moment, Pike is hard at work on a new YA series.