{"product_id":"butcher-and-the-liar","title":"Butcher and the Liar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A haunting, inventive, and genre-blurring serial-killer tale...Woeppel's narrative dances nimbly between a coming-of-age story, a ghost story, a murder mystery, and a dark exploration of trauma; somehow, she manages to make all these different tones harmonize and create something fresh, exciting, and unexpected.\" -\u003cem\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/em\u003e, Starred review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaisy Bellon thinks she may have buried her skeletons forever. \u003c\/strong\u003eAt thirty-five, Daisy runs a butcher shop in a forgotten corner of Chicago, keeping her past locked away. But when an anonymous message arrives, she's thrust back to the day her life split in two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt nine years old, Daisy meets Caleb Garcia, a boy who makes her believe in the possibility of friendship and happiness. But that same night, she stumbles upon her father dismembering a woman in their basement and becomes his unwilling apprentice, sworn to keep his monstrous secrets. When the victim's ghost appears in Daisy's room, she's bound to a haunting legacy. To endure, Daisy weaves a web of lies, clinging to the light of Caleb's friendship while slipping deeper into the darkness of her father's shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than two decades later, following the arrival of the mysterious message, someone close to Daisy is brutally murdered in an all-too-familiar fashion. Forced to confront the truth about her family and herself, Daisy must decide whether to let the darkness consume her-or to fight for love and redemption, even if it means revealing everything she's tried to bury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA haunting psychological thriller perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn, The Butcher and the Liar has mystery lovers and literary fiction readers on the edge of their seats.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"S L Woeppel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47279688515820,"sku":"9781953865908","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781953865908.jpg?v=1770268429","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/butcher-and-the-liar","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}