INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the co-host of chart-topping true crime podcast Morbid
a thrilling debut novel told from the dueling perspectives of a notorious serial killer and the
medical examiner following where his trail of victims leads Something dark is lurking in the
Louisiana bayou: a methodical killer with a penchant for medical experimentation is hard at
work completing his most harrowing crime yet taunting the authorities who desperately try to
catch up. But 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. Until now. Case after
case is piling up on Wren's examination table and soon she is sucked into an all-consuming
cat-and-mouse chase with a brutal murderer getting more brazen by the day. 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.