The Butcher

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.

ISBN:	9781789099034
Publisher:	Titan
Imprint:	Titan Books
Published date:	13 Sep 2022
DEWEY:	813.6
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Sales rank:	11717
Number of pages:	320
Weight:	240g
Height:	130mm
Width:	197mm
Spine width:	26mm

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