The Butcher

By Laura Kat Young

Book Overview

A suspenseful small-town horror novel of oppression, heartbreak and buried anguish - Shirley Jackson meets Never Let Me Go with the wild west setting of Westworld.
When Lady Mae turns 18, she'll inherit her mother's job as the Butcher: dismembering Settlement Five's guilty residents as payment for their petty crimes. An index finger taken for spreading salacious gossip, a foot for blasphemy, no one is exempt from punishment. But one day Winona refuses to butcher a six-year-old boy. So their leaders, known as the Deputies, come to Lady Mae's house, and, right there in the living room, murder her mother for refusing her duties. Within twenty-four hours, now alone in the world, Lady Mae begins her new job. But a chance meeting years later puts her face to face with the Deputy that murdered her mother. Now Lady Mae must choose: will she flee, and start another life in the desolate mountains, forever running? Or will she seek vengeance for her mother's death even if it kills her? A devastating, alarming page-turner infused with melancholy, humanity - and society's maddening acceptance in the face of horror.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178909903X
• ISBN13: 9781789099034
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Titan Books (UK)
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

My first Five Star book of 2024

My First Five 🌟 Star Book of 2024 It has been a very long time since a book has grabbed me and squeezed like this one did. It was certainly one of a kind. And though it was definitely bloody, I don't know if I would call it horror even though that is what it's classified as. In fact, it had quite the opposite effect on me. It is a treatise on duty and forgiveness and growth and, ultimately...love. I highly recommend this one. It's a quick read, and one you won't regret! My first Five Star book of 2024