The Butcher and the Wren: A chilling debut thriller from the co-host of chart-topping true crime podcast MORBID

by Alaina Urquhart

THE CHILLING SERIAL KILLER THRILLER FROM THE CO-HOST OF CHART-TOPPING PODCAST MORBID

'AMAZING TWISTS. UNPUTDOWNABLE' SAMANTHA DOWNING

'CAPTIVATING. The reader might want to shut their eyes, but the joust between the killer and the pathologist makes that impossible' DAILY MAIL

Wren was never afraid of the dark. Until she learned that some monsters are real . . .
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In deep Louisiana, a serial killer with a taste for medical experimentation is completing his most ambitious project yet. The media call him 'The Butcher' - and, so far, he's proved impossible to catch.

With her encyclopaedic knowledge of humanity's darkest minds, and years of experience examining their victims, forensic pathologist Dr Wren Muller is the best there is. The longer the Butcher's killing spree continues, the more determined she is to bring him to justice.

And yet, he continues to elude her.

As body after body piles up on Wren's examination table, her obsession grows. Pressure to put an end to the slaughter mounts. And her enemy becomes more brazen.

How far is Wren willing to go to draw the Butcher into the light . . .?
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An addictive read with straight-from-the-morgue details only an autopsy technician could provide, The Butcher and the Wren promises to ensnare all who enter.

'Can a medical examiner outsmart a serial killer? The Butcher and the Wren will keep you waiting for an answer until the last bloody page. Prepare to be disturbed. A deliciously dark debut' REA FREY, bestselling author for Not Her Daughter and Secrets of Our House

• ISBN10: 1405954787
• ISBN13: 9781405954785
• Publish Date: 13 September 2022
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 256
• Language: English

Reviews

[Joni Reads]

I really enjoyed this book. I did not see the twist coming at all. I also kept trying to guess if the killer was someone Wren knew in real life but I was a way off. This book was unpredictable and that is such a rare thing for thrillers these days.

Four stars only because while I was interested I didn't get truly invested until the last 50 or so pages. Also the ending was good but not my preferred style of ending for a thriller.

I don't listen to the author's podcasts so this is the opinion of someone completely unfamiliar with the author but overall a fan of thrillers and true crime. I would definitely read anything else this author writes and I might just check out the podcast. I'm picky with my true crime podcasts though so don't hold me to that.