When Lucy Vega is left alone on her isolated California ranch with her young son after her war correspondent significant other takes a job overseas, she hires his troubled daughter to help with childcare. As unsettling events unfold, Lucy becomes aware that the girl is entangled with a sexy, dangerous snake-handling cult leader who has his sights set on everything Lucy holds dear. Lucy and Bea fight to take down the cult and stop the sociopathic leader’s long-time exploitation and murder of desperate women.
The Silent House of Sleep
A pathologist, haunted by his service during WWI, investigates two murders in post-war London in this Bloody Scotland Debut Prize winner.
