Book Description 

Scarlett Clark is an exceptional English professor. But she’s even better at getting away with murder.

Every year, Dr. Clark searches for the worst man at Gorman University—professor, student, or otherwise—and plots his well-deserved demise. Thanks to her meticulous planning, she’s avoided drawing attention to herself…but as she’s preparing for her biggest kill yet, the school starts probing into the growing body count on campus. Determined to keep her enemies close, Dr. Clark insinuates herself into the investigation and charms the woman in charge. Everything’s going according to her master plan…until she loses control with her latest victim, putting her secret life at risk of exposure.

Meanwhile, Gorman student Carly Schiller is just trying to survive her freshman year. Finally free of her emotionally abusive father, all Carly wants is to focus on her studies and fade into the background. Her new roommate has other ideas. Allison Hadley is cool and confident—everything Carly wishes she could be—and the two girls quickly form an intense friendship. So when Allison is sexually assaulted at a party, Carly becomes obsessed with making the attacker pay…and turning her fantasies about revenge into a reality.

My Review 

I don’t remember where I heard about this book, but it piqued my interest, so I borrowed the e-book from the library. 

And then I got busy and didn’t have time to read it before the return date.

But then I borrowed the audiobook, and tore through the book in a couple of days. 

Dr. Clark is a serial killer, but she only kills men who have gone unpunished for the crimes they  committed crimes against women. She’s meticulous, but she’s been at it for years, and even one death a year is starting to look suspicious. 

Meanwhile, Carly is a student at the same university and she’s also very concerned with justice and fairness. 

I can’t say anything more without starting to give too much away, but this book was a ride from start to finish. There is some predictability, but there are also so many loops and twists and like I said at the beginning of this review, I tore through the audiobook. 

I would recommend They Never Learn. I do think the book ended a little too neatly, but other than that, this is a great read with intriguing characters and a fast-paced plot.. I already have some of Fargo’s other books on my TBR list, and I just might have to bump them to the top!