Anatomy of a Murderer

A teenage sociopath is “fixed” after he gets an implant that’s supposed to cure him in this thrilling coming-of-age tale from the author of Willful Machines. A year ago,Rem Braithwaite watched his classmate Franklin Kettle commit a horrific crime. Nowapart from the nightmareslife has gone back to normal for Rem. Franklin was caughtconvictedand put away in juvenile detention for what he did. The ordeal seems to be over. Until Rem’s mother selects Franklin as a test subject for an experimental brain procedure intended to “cure” him of his cruel and violent impulses. Suddenly Rem’s memories of that day start coming back to the surface. His nightmares become worse than ever. Plus he has serious doubts about whether his mother’s procedure will even work. Can evil really just be turned off? Thenas part of Franklin’s follow-up testinghe and Rem are brought face to faceand Rem discovers…Franklin does seem different. Despite everythingRem finds himself becoming friends with Franklin. Maybe even something more than friends. But when another of their classmates turns up deadRem’s world turns upside-down yet again. Franklin insists that he’s innocentthat he’s curedbut Rem doesn’t know what to believe. Is someone else responsible for this new murderor is Franklin fated to stay a monster forever? And can Rem find out the answer to this question before the killerwhoever it iscomes after him too?