THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES meets TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE (Told in letters, journal entries, text messages, emails and police transcripts): 17-year-old Ronin Izakaya never wanted to leave London. But when her recently widowed mom accepts a high profile corporate promotion in fast-paced New York City, Ronin is yanked from her quiet country bubble and thrust into sensory urban chaos. Overwhelmed by the transition, Ronin makes a harrowing discovery after unearthing 27 letters hidden away in the attic of their century old brownstone. Each one a graphic confession to a gruesome murder spanning over five decades. All signed by the same mysterious alias: Marie Antoinette. At first, horrified by what she's found, Ronin soon finds herself drawn into a dark rabbit hole penned on perfumed paper--a place that speaks to a secret part of her no one else seemed to know or understand. And as Marie's story draws to its sinister conclusion, Marie's past and Ronin's present collide with devastating consequences.