No Saints in Kansas

About this book

A young adult fictional reimagining of Truman Capotes In Cold Blood and the brutal murders that inspired it. Gripping and fast-paced this meticulously researched historical fiction will reinvigorate a new generation to Capote. November is usually quiet in Holcomb Kansas but in 1959 the town is shattered by the quadruple murder of the Clutter family. Suspicion falls on Nancy Clutters boyfriend Bobby Rupp the last one to see them alive. New Yorker Carly Fleming new to the small Midwestern town is an outsider. She tutored Nancy and (in private at least) they were close. Carly and Bobby were the only ones who saw that Nancy was always performing and that she was cracking under the pressure of being Holcombs golden girl. This secret connected Carly and Bobby. Now that Bobby is an outsider too theyre bound closer than ever. Determined to clear Bobbys name Carly dives into the murder investigation and ends up in trouble with the local authorities. But thats nothing compared to the wrath she faces from Holcomb once the real perpetrators are caught. When her father is appointed to defend the killers of the Clutter family the entire town labels the Flemings as traitors. Now Carly must fight for what she knows is right.