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Behind the relatably terrifying veil of a computer screen lies a cold hearted killer, Maura Nelson, whose journey in My Immaculate Assassin questions the extents of love and morality through an "idealistic", remote murder. Nelson, the protagonist of the story, has found a foolproof method of murdering without consequences. After a test to guarantee that her method leaves no trace, she ropes Jack Plymouth into being more than just a romantic partner. The two begin to rid the world of those they decide "need to be dead" while developing their steamy romance under the most unexpected circumstances. Author David Huddle has done it again with this erotic cyber-thriller. His mastery captures even the most skeptical reader within the complex and delightfully moving details of My Immaculate Assassin. Maura Nelsons character is expertly crafted and as timely as ever, especially in the post-pandemic world. Her small abuse of power careens into destruction and death, all conveniently from the comfort of her home office.
About the Author
David Huddle is from Ivanhoe, Virginia, and he's lived in Vermont for 44 years. He's taught at the University of Vermont, Hollins University, Middlebury College, Goddard College, Johnson State College, Radford University, Austin Peay State University, The University of Idaho, The Bread Loaf School of English, The Rainier Writing Workshop, and The Sewanee School of Letters. His fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in The American Scholar, Esquire, Appalachian Heritage, The New Yorker, Harper's, Poetry, Story, Shenandoah, Agni, Green Mountains Review, The Sow's Ear, Plume, and The Georgia Review. In 2012 his novel Nothing Can Make Me Do This won the Library of Virginia Award for Fiction, and his collection Black Snake at the Family Reunion won the Pen New England Award for Poetry. His new poetry collection, Dream Sender, will appear from LSU Press in Fall 2015. His novel, The Faulkes Chronicle, appeared from Tupelo Press in Fall 2014, and a new novel, Kira's List, is scheduled for publication by Tupelo Press in Spring 2016.
