Name: Julie Berry | If Looks Could K*ll
Start: 2025-09-15T18:30:00-06:00
End: 2025-09-15T21:00:00-06:00
Location: The King's English Bookshop

Join New York Times bestselling author Julie Berry for a reading and discussion of her new YA novel, If Looks Could K*ll.
About this Event

Join Printz Honor–winning and New York Times bestselling author Julie Berry for a reading and discussion of her new YA novel, If Looks Could K*ll, a true-crime-nail-biter-turned-mythic-odyssey pitting Jack the Ripper against Medusa. A defiant love song to sisterhood, a survivors’ battle cry, and a romantic literary tour de force laced with humor.

Tickets are $5 and directly support our partner non-profit, Brain Food Books.

Copies of the book will be available to purchase at the event. You may also pre-order your signed copy of If Looks Could K*ll to be picked up at the event by either calling the store at 801-484-9100 or ordering online. If you cannot make this event, signed copies may be ordered from our website. Please specify in the comments if you would like your copy personalized.

Places in the signing line are reserved for those who purchase a copy from The King's English.

About the Book:

It’s autumn 1888, and Jack the Ripper is on the run. As London police close in, he flees England for New York City seeking new victims. But a primal force of female vengeance has had enough. With serpents for hair and a fearsome gaze, an awakened Medusa is hunting for one thing: Jack. And other dangers lurk in Manhattan’s Bowery. Salvation Army volunteers Tabitha and Pearl discover that a girl they once helped has been forced to work in a local brothel. Tabitha’s an upstate city girl with a wry humor and a thirst for adventure, while farmgirl Pearl takes everything with stone-cold seriousness. Their brittle partnership is tested as they team up with an aspiring girl reporter and a handsome Irish bartender to mount a rescue effort, only to find their fates entwine with Medusa’s and Jack’s.