The title of the book I had to read is A kiss before dying. It is a novel that was in 1953 published and it was written in New York by the famous author Ira Levin. The story is about a charming, brilliant man who wants to do everything to become rich, even committing a murder. So he approaches the three well-to-do daughters of Leo Kingship who is the owner of the Kingship Copper Incorporation.

A young man – his name is not mentioned at the beginning of the book – would like to marry a young lady, Dorothy Kingship, because she is wealthy. She is the daughter of a rich entrepreneur: Leo. When Dorothy gets pregnant, the man is angry and finally, when abortion doesn’t work, he kills her, but the man assumes that she has committed suicide. Everybody, also the police, believe the young man, except her sister Ellen…

Furthermore, Ellen travels to New York to find the murderer. There she tries to find out the truth. When she discovers more and more about her sister’s death, the young man assassinates her, because he is afraid that Ellen knows what really happened. Now he concentrates on the third sister, Marion whom he wants to marry. If you would like to know if he will also kill Leo’s third daughter or if he will succeed in marrying her, you have to read the book yourself.

I really like this book. At the beginning, I rather thought the book wasn’t my taste, but when I continued, I liked it more and more. Sometimes the story is a bit confusing, but you get used to it. It’s certainly recommended for teenagers who want to read exciting books with a lot of action. There are difficult words too, which are explained at one of the last pages.