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The Killer's Cousin

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I loved this book. It tells the story of David Yaffe, after being auquitted of murdering his girlfriend he moves to his aunt and uncle's house. He immeaditally finds out that his aunt dosen't have a liking for him, and his cousin is very intrested in what it felt like to kill someone. This book is full of suspence and mystery. There's a twist in there that I surely did not see coming up! If you like to read, read this book, it's very good!

"The Killer's Cousin" was a great book. It was about a young man, David Yaffe, who was recently acquitted for the murder of his girlfriend and now he is suspicious of his little cousin, Lily, who goes through his things and will not stop talking about how he felt when it happened to him. I recommend every one to read this book.

This is one of my favorite books in the world (though I haven't seen it in about four months cause I lent it to a so-called "friend" who promises to return it "any day now", argh). The thing I like best is the characters. David was so real to me, afraid of himself, lonely, guilty. Frank was probably my favorite character in the book. He reminds me of certain friends of mine. At first I really disliked Lily -- she seemed like a demon-child -- but after I realized what had happened I felt sorry for her. The only part of the book that I didn't like was Kathy's ghost. I didn't think that belonged in an otherwise realistic story, though it was through Kathy that David realized what Lily had done. All in all, a great book which I'd recommend to anyone who likes suspense novels.

This was a great book! I would recommend it to anyone. It is about David Yaffe who accidently killed is girlfriend. And his cousin, Lily. Lily is mean to him when he goes to stay with her family to complete his senior year of high school. David begins to wonder just what is wrong with Lily. You really should read this!

The previous year, David got in the middle of a fight between his girlfriend, Emily, and her brother Greg. Greg had spent all of their combined college money on drugs, and Emily was furious. Greg was high and was hitting her, and David was worried that he would really hurt her. Intending to punch Greg, to get him to stop hitting Emily, David stepped into the middle of things. Emily got in front of him, though, and he ended up hitting her, so hard that he killed her.

At the trial Greg's drug use came out and David was acquitted of the crime, despite the fact that Greg tried to make him seem terribly abusive. The tabloid newspapers plastered David's name and picture all across their publications and he was famous, unable to get away from the attention. His parents decided to send him to a private high school in Cambridge, far away from his troubles in Baltimore, to repeat his senior year. He went to live with his aunt and uncle and cousin, who had been out of touch with his parents since their older daughter died four years before.

From the start, David's new family is full of problems. His eleven-year-old cousin Lily hates him and does everything she can to make him angry, especially after he counsels his aunt and uncle to start talking to each other instead of communicating through Lily. Things get more and more hostile around their house as they begin to believe the bad things Lily tells them about David.

I really liked the character of Frank. He was unique and interesting, sure of himself and not afraid to reach out to someone else. I liked seeing how David dealt with the awful thing he had done, even though he didn't do it on purpose.

I thought David's aunt and unlce were completely blind and unreasonable, which made them pretty lousy characters. I also thought that after all that she had done to him, David would not have been so eager to help Lily out. She was bratty and mean and dangerous, and I don't know if David could have ever found her lovable.

I found the book The Killer's Cousin very enjoyable. It's one of those books that keeps the reader wanting to know more and forces them to read on. It's about a 17 year old boy named David who was recently acquitted of murdering his girlfriend. To escape the media he moves out of state to stay with his aunt, uncle and 11 year old cousin Lily. After moving though, he can't help but feel not welcome or at home.
The longer he's there, the more and more he feels like he's unwanted. Lily becomes very hostile towards him and even sneaks into his attic room and sabotages his things. It's almost as if she knows something she doesn't want David to know. David tries to talk to her and her parents but it doesn't help. David begins to realize that he has more in common with Lily than he thought. The closer he gets to discovering Lily's ugly secrets the more intense the book becomes.
I recommend this book to anybody who enjoys a good mystery full of suspense and keeps you on the edge. The author makes it feel real and really knows how to write a story full of amazing twists and turns that lead to an unexpected climax. This book was one of the best books I have ever read.

If you prefer books about mysteries and a book that will keep you reading, The Killer's Cousin, by Nancy Werlin, would be perfect for you. I rated it a 5. This book keeps you reading until the very end. There is usually a cliffhanger at the end of every chapter. ...The characters in this book didn't always get along, and you keep guessing till the end when they all got along. For example, the aunt and uncle David went to go live with thought he was crazy and his cousin, Lily, and he hated each other till the end. Those are the reasons you should read this book. Because it's very good ...

I loved the mystery of David's life which was slowly revealed and the unfolding of Lily's story which eventually enterwine with a common thread. They both learn a powerful life lesson in the end. A compelling read. Excellent mystery, no illustrations, and will recommend it to 7th through the 12th grades, as well as teachers and parents.

I read this book last night in one sitting. Wow! I'm 24 (does that count as "young adult"?) and I was mightily impressed and enjoyed it immensely. It might not be appropriate for some younger teens, and it's classification as YA seems quite incidental (to me). Great book :-)

I am in 7th grade and I loved this book! It was really suspensful and if some parts were obviously going to happen there were a lot of surprises. It was also cool because you kind of had to piece together the main characters past as you went a long. The book didn't just tell you. It is a little confusing at first because of this but then you get used to it and it is really cool.