As a string of murders terrifies their coastal town, the three Rowling sisters?—?Kate, Aurora, and Peggy?—?return home, each grappling with buried secrets, past traumas, and personal struggles, until police scrutiny forces them to confront the truth about themselves and the killer in their midst. Original.
"The Rowling sisters have always been people you can understand. People, like all of us, with past indiscretions and secrets, hopes and futures. And now, they have all come home. The eldest, Kate, a tomboyish and slightly wayward lawyer, has just returned to buy her late grandfather's home but is soon faced with dark visions she isn't quite sure how to face. Aurora, a married mother of two, and classically trained harpist, may finally be acting out after her sister drudges up their complicated past and asecret affair ends. And Peggy, the youngest, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, has finally gotten her life together. But still, memories of what happened to her haunt her deep to her core... And then there's SHE. SHE is one of them, but SHE is not like them at all. SHE is defined only by the acts SHE commits, the carnage SHE lets the world see, the murders that have swept through their coastal community, striking fear all around. And as the police close in on their newest serial killer, scrutiny lands on the sisters, forcing them to face their demons, unlock their memories, and reveal all they have kept hidden"--
The chilling prose of Karin Slaughter meets the high-stakes plotting of The Butcher and the Wren in a dark debut following three normal sisters, their own forgotten traumas, and the serial killer that lives within one, begging the question: can you ever truly recognize the evil around you?
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.
