The Butcher And The Wren Suzette A. Severn House FFJ|FFS Hardback 2024

The Butcher And The Wren Suzette A. Severn House FFJ|FFS Hardback 2024Something dark is lurking in the Louisiana bayou. A methodical killer with a taste for medical experimentation is hard at work completing his most harrowing crime yet, while the authorities desperately try to catch up. Forensic pathologist Dr. Wren Muller is the best there is. Armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of historical crimes, and years of experience working in the Medical Examiner's office, she's never encountered a case she couldn't solve.

Even when the shadow of war falls across the country

she finds she isn't the only visitor

She has the recipe for the perfect murder

a femme fatale

Summer 1914

Who is the mysterious Mr X who fled when he was wanted for questioning

Originally published in 1952

she's grateful for the company - but as their friendship grows

it is run by controversial genius Dr Codelle

Detective Kyoichiro Kaga of the Tokyo Police Department has just been transferred to a new precinct in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo

he was an aspiring writer who'd almost finished his novel

Juliet realises that someone doesn't want her in Winterthorne