Ren DeStefano, How I’ll Kill You

Barbara Peters, owner of The Poisoned Pen, introduced Ren DeStefano, author of the bookstore’s April First Mystery Book, How I’ll Kill You. It’s DeStefano’s first adult thriller. There are signed copies of How I’ll Kill You in the Webstore. https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/ymASTSSKIbanW32Njf-pMg

Here is the summary of How I’ll Kill You.

Your next stay-up-all-night thriller, about identical triplets who have a nasty habit of killing their boyfriends, and what happens when the youngest commits their worst crime yet: falling in love with her mark.

Make him want you.
Make him love you.
Make him dead.

Sissy has an…interesting family. Always the careful one, always the cautious one, she has handled the cleanup while her serial killer sisters have carved a path of carnage across the U.S. Now, as they arrive in the Arizona heat, Sissy must step up and embrace the family pastime of making a man fall in love and then murdering him. Her first target? A young widower named Edison—and their mutual attraction is instant. While their relationship progresses, and most couples would be thinking about picking out china patterns and moving in together, Sissy’s family is reminding her to think about picking out burial sites and moving on. 

Then something happens that Sissy never anticipated: She begins to feel protective of Edison, and before she can help it, she’s fallen in love. But the clock is ticking, and her sisters are growing restless. It becomes clear that the gravesite she chooses will hide a body no matter what happens; but if she betrays her family, will it be hers?


Ren DeStefano lives in Connecticut, where she was born and raised. When she’s not writing thrillers, she’s listening to true crime podcasts and crocheting way too many blankets.


I’m sure this was a difficult book to discuss without spoiling too much.