No Rest for the Wicked

Rachel Louise Adams

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No Rest for the Wicked

No Rest for the Wicked

Rachel Louise Adams

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A USA Today Bestseller

With an expert hand, Rachel Louise Adams's debut No Rest for the Wicked reads like an edge of your seat, heart-pounding scary movie.

In one Halloween obsessed Midwestern town, everyone's on red alert after a local politician goes missing. Little do they know it's only the beginning.

It's been close to twenty years since forensic pathologist Dolores Hawthorne left her hometown of Little Horton, Wisconsin. The town is famous for its Halloween celebrations, but also its history of violent deaths linked to the holiday. To Dolores, it's the place she fled, family, bad memories, and all. Until the FBI calls to tell her that her father--the former mayor turned US Senator--is missing under mysterious circumstances.

Some people count to ten to wake up from a nightmare. Dolores always counts the bones of her head instead: sphenoid, frontal, lacrimal. But no matter how many times she counts them, it doesn't change the fact that her father is missing, that his final words of warning to her were to trust no one, and that now, the rest of her family is giving Dolores a chilling welcome. With Halloween fast approaching, Dolores must face the past she left behind before it's too late.

About the Author

RACHEL LOUISE ADAMS was raised in a small town in Brittany by a French father and a North American mother. After studying literature at university, she wrote her PhD thesis on American fast foods and meat-eating. When she isn't writing or reading, she can be found advocating for animal rights, spending time with her fiancé, her friends, and her two cats.

Critical Reviews

Praise for No Rest for the Wicked

"An original story with a twist like a knife to the gut." -People, One of the Best Books of the Month

"Sometimes I launch into a book and find myself thinking 'This is a debut novel? Seriously?' I had that feeling with C.J. Box's Open Season and Attica Locke's Black Water Rising. I am experiencing it once again with Rachel Louise Adams' No Rest for the Wicked... The book impresses on every level-- suspense, characters, plot, twists, milieu and quality of writing." -BookPage (starred review)

"Adams writes an assured debut with well-developed characters and nicely timed twists. The small-town setting might suggest a cozy vibe, but the tone and exploration of grimmer themes make this a better match for readers who enjoy the work of Lisa Jewell and Wanda M. Morris." -Library Journal

"This is a good choice for readers who enjoy small-town crime with a touch of gothic." -Booklist

"A dark, twisty mystery with a cascade of blood splatter, Rachel Louise Adams's debut had me on the edge of my seat until the very end, with twists I never saw coming and characters to die for." -Kelsey Cox, author of Party of Liars

"An eerie small-town mystery that builds to a pulse-pounding conclusion." -Olivia Worley, author of So Happy Together

Publishing Information

Publisher: Minotaur Books
Pub date: 2026-09-22
Length: 352 pages

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