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I Killed Zoe Spanos: Playlist

This is not Kit Frick's playlist for I Killed Zoe Spanos but her street team's members which she provided me the links to their Spotify. Credit goes Katie Akerman and Mireille Chartie for making these playlists!

Click here for Katie Akerman's playlist

Click here for Mireille Chartie's playlist

Katie Akerman's Song List:

1) "Sweet but Psycho" Ava Max

2) "bad guy" Billie Elish 

3) "Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75-3. Clair de lune" Claude Debussy, Zoltan Kocsis

4) "Inside" 36

5) "Body Back" Gryffin ft. Maia Wright

6) "Underwater" RUDUS DU SOL

7) "Fade Into Darkness" Avicii

8) "Out of the Darkness" Sleep Thieves

9) "Be Alright" Dean Lewis

10) "Little Lies" Fleetwood Mac

11) "Take Me to Church" Hozier

12) "How Do You Sleep?" Sam Smith

13) "Burn" Ellie Goulding

14) "Manic Monday" The Bangles

15) "High Hopes" Panic! At The Disco

16) "Torn" Natalie Imbruglia

17) "Set Fire to the Rain" Adele

18) "Cold Water" Major Lazer, Justin Bieber, MO

Mireille Chartie's Song List

1) "Gravity" Sara Bareilles

2) "Mad World" Gary Jules ft. Michael Andrews

3) "Hide and Seek" Imogen Heap

4) "Young and Beautiful" Lana Del Rey

5) "Skinny Love" Birdy

7) "The Garden" Mirah

8) "Ramalama" Roisin Murphy

9) "So Broken" Bjork

10) "Wave" Beck

I Killed Zoe Spanos: Interview

An interview with Kit Frick about I Killed Zoe Spanos

About the book:

1. How did you come up with the story of I Killed Zoe Spanos?

When the idea for I Killed Zoe Spanos was bouncing around in my head, I’d recently re-read Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca for the fourth (fifth?) time and couldn’t help wondering: What if Rebecca de Winter had gone missing today, in the age of Serial and The Vanished and Bear Brook and all the other excellent true crime podcasts that have sprung up over the last five years? The idea for the novel came from a marriage between two obsessions of mine: Rebecca and true crime podcasts. Then I landed on the Hamptons setting—the American equivalent of the tony English seaside town where Maxim resides in his Manderley estate—and I Killed Zoe Spanos evolved from there.

 

2. Who is the main character(s) in I Killed Zoe Spanos? 

There are two! Anna Cicconi comes to Herron Mills Village for a summer nanny job, and by the end of the summer, she’s become more and more certain that she had something to do with the death of local teen Zoe Spanos—to the point where she confesses to manslaughter and concealing Zoe’s body.

 

Martina Green is the best friend of Zoe’s little sister Aster and the host of the Missing Zoe podcast, which she began when the police investigation into Zoe’s disappearance wound down and Zoe still hadn’t been found. Anna’s confession doesn’t sit right with Martina, and through her podcast, she sets out to uncover the truth about what really happened to Zoe.

 

3. Which of the characters from I Killed Zoe Spanos are you the most similar to? 

There are small pieces of me in all of the characters, but not one character in this book is a clear reflection of my teen self. That being said, I probably have the most in common with Zoe: high-achieving student, mostly a good girl, and there’s one piece of her story that’s very much a reflection of a high school experience I had—but I can’t say what because spoilers!

 

4. What was the hardest part to write in I Killed Zoe Spanos? 

The ending! Many writers despair of the “murky middle,” but it’s endings that give me the most trouble. Not because I don’t know where I’m writing toward, because I generally do, but because getting all the necessary information to the reader in a mystery novel in a way that is both organic and surprising is a real challenge. It takes many drafts to get it just right. I Killed Zoe Spanos was no exception.

 

5. Where can readers purchase I Killed Zoe Spanos? 

I Killed Zoe Spanos is available from many US retailers, Chapters Indigo in Canada, and Book Depository is great for orders outside of the US and Canada. You can find lots of buy links on my website. If all goes to plan, there will be signed copies available at many of the Barnes & Noble branch locations in the greater Pittsburgh area and definitely at my local indie Riverstone Bookstore. Call Riverstone at (412) 366-1001 to order a signed copy; they ship!

Thindbooks Blog: There is also a book box that is curating this book which you can check out under my book box guesses tab!

 

6. Are you writing any other books that you can tell us about?

I’m working on a new YA thriller for Simon & Schuster … but that’s all I can say for now! I hope to be able to spill some details soon.

 

About You:

1.    If you won a prize for something, what would it be and why? 

Worrying. If they gave out awards for overthinking everything, I’d be raking in the prizes. Hahahasob.

 

2.    If a director wanted to make I Killed Zoe Spanos into a movie and wanted you to act in it, who would you be and why?

If I could go back in time (like to when I was seventeen) I would love to play Anna! (But realistically this theoretical director should cast someone much more age-appropriate lol.)

 

3.    What is your favorite food to cook/bake? 

I looooove to cook. I’m Italian on my dad’s side, and some of my favorite recipes are Italian. I just made a big batch of sauce and meatballs, which is my mom’s recipe, via my aunt on the Italian side of the family, via her mom, my grandma. (My grandma didn’t write anything down when she cooked, but fortunately we have some recipes passed down through my aunts and uncles.) It’s one of those half-day-to-make endeavors, so I usually make a big batch once a year. My mom used to send me home with containers of sauce and meatballs, and now I deliver them to my mom and dad!

 

4.    What do you like to do in your free time? 

I love to wind down at the end of the day by cooking and listening to a podcast. My husband and I love to play board games (a few favorites are Dominion, Seven Wonders, Alhambra, and Ticket to Ride) or chill out with The Great British Baking Show or a true crime docuseries on Netflix.

 

5.    What is your Hogwarts House? Does that house match you well? 

I hate that J. K. Rowling has forever ruined this formerly fun question for me with her transphobic and trans exclusionary nonsense. So instead I’ll say I’m a Virgo, and yes, I’d describe myself with all the classic Virgo traits, good and bad: reliable, practical, intelligent, highly self-critical, and a real perfectionist!

I Killed Zoe Spanos: Review

Rating: 5/5 stars
Review: This book was WOW! It's kind of like The Lying Games mixed with Sadie that also has podcast recordings. Anna moves and becomes a nanny but she didn't know a girl named Zoe is missing and that she looked just like her. I'm a huge sucker for mystery novels and this one killed it as my favorite mystery novel of 2020. In this book, Anna looking similar to Zoe which made me think of The Lying Games. Kit Frick's writing style is also amazing and I love how she had two different POVs. One is the past Anna pov and the other is the now Anna pov which is good for this book to go back and forth so readers can guess who the killer is.

I enjoyed the characters in this book. I made a mental chart in my mind of who could have been the killer because, to be honest, it could have been anyone. I love the way the author wrote the characters too because most characters were mysterious and it was also like the author was misleading you which is amazing for a mystery book. My favorite character was Anna because I knew that there was a story behind her which there was at the end of the novel. I loved reading her story and seeing her then and now perspectives from the book.

The ending of this story was spectacular. I love the way it ended and the author made the last chapter as the killer's pov so we could see what they thought in their mind. I hope that Kit writes more mystery/thriller novels like this one. I do recommend this to all readers and I know that you will enjoy this! 

Criteria:
Plot- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Main Character- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Other Characters- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Writing Style- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Pacing- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ending- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Book Cover- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

*This book was given to me by the publisher to give an honest review in return.*

I Killed Zoe Spanos: Welcome Post

I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Genre: YA Fiction Thriller & Suspense
Age: 14+

Summary: For fans of Sadie and Serial, this gripping thriller follows two teens whose lives become inextricably linked when one confesses to murder and the other becomes determined to uncover the real truth no matter the cost.

What happened to Zoe won’t stay buried…

When Anna Cicconi arrives to the small Hamptons village of Herron Mills for a summer nanny gig, she has high hopes for a fresh start. What she finds instead is a community on edge after the disappearance of Zoe Spanos, a local girl who has been missing since New Year’s Eve. Anna bears an eerie resemblance to Zoe, and her mere presence in town stirs up still-raw feelings about the unsolved case. As Anna delves deeper into the mystery, stepping further and further into Zoe’s life, she becomes increasingly convinced that she and Zoe are connected—and that she knows what happened to her.

Two months later, Zoe’s body is found in a nearby lake, and Anna is charged with manslaughter. But Anna’s confession is riddled with holes, and Martina Green, teen host of the Missing Zoe podcast, isn’t satisfied. Did Anna really kill Zoe? And if not, can Martina’s podcast uncover the truth?

Inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, Kit Frick weaves a thrilling story of psychological suspense that twists and turns until the final page, (Goodreads). 

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About the Author: Kit Frick is a novelist, poet, and MacDowell Colony fellow from Pittsburgh, PA. She studied creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College and received her MFA from Syracuse University. When she isn’t putting complicated characters in impossible situations, Kit edits poetry and literary fiction for a small press and edits for private clients. She is the author of the young adult thrillers I Killed Zoe Spanos, All Eyes on Us, and See All the Stars, all from Simon & Schuster / Margaret K. McElderry Books, as well as the poetry collection A Small Rising Up in the Lungs from New American Press. Kit is working on her next novel.

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