The chilling prose of Karin Slaughter meets the high-stakes plotting of The Butcher and the Wren in a dark crime thriller debut following three normal sisters, their forgotten traumas, and the serial killer that lives within one.

Three sisters. One killer. Which one is SHE?

The Rowling sisters have always been people you can understand – with partners and children, homes and dreams. And secrets; the sisters have those, too. But when Kate, the eldest, finally returns to buy her late grandfather’s home, the dark things each sister has kept buried soon rise to the surface.

Is Kate having unexplained visions tied to a past she can hardly recall? Is Aurora, the married mother of two, finally acting out in the face of her sisters’ indiscretions? Is Peggy, the youngest and a recovering addict, able to move on from the memories that haunt her?

And then there’s SHE.

SHE is one of them, but SHE is not like them at all. SHE is defined only by the carnage she lets the world see, the murders that have swept through their coastal community. And as the police close in on their newest serial killer, scrutiny lands on the Rowlings, forcing them to face their demons and reveal all they have kept hidden.

Can you ever truly recognise the evil around you?

A debut to die for, Sister, Butcher, Sister is as horrifying as it is exceptional: a masterfully crafted mystery thriller that revitalises the whodunit genre and twists it into something chillingly new.

Tropes
Serial Killer
Crime Thriller
Suspense
Mystery
Small Town