{"product_id":"the-butcher-legacy-isbn-9781638933403","title":"The Butcher Legacy","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe thrilling third novel in the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Dr. Wren Muller series from Alaina Urquhart \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Two months after the life-altering events of \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher Game,\u003c\/i\u003e Wren is back in the place she knows best: the New Orleans morgue. She buries herself in routine, surrounded by both familiar and new company, John Leroux and Maya Rodriguez, trying to convince herself that normalcy can be rebuilt. But in the weeks leading up to Halloween, shadows begin to move again as young girls vanish in both cities where Jeremy Rose once ran rampant. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHundreds of miles away, the pastor to a close-knit congregation in Massachusetts Philip Trudeau is back behind the pulpit. But beneath his practiced composure lies something sinister—gruesome secrets and a hunger that did not die when Jeremy was caged. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith Jeremy behind bars and Philip suddenly nowhere to be found, Wren and Leroux must mobilize, and this twisted triangle clashes at every turn. \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e is a relentless, page-turning descent into the dark.\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Butcher Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e is a real thriller—and Dr. Wren Muller is a fiery female protagonist that Scarpetta would call friend. I can imagine the two of them working a case together—what a ride that would be!” \u003cb\u003e—Patricia Cornwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Butcher Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e is razor-sharp entertainment and brilliantly written. A top-notch thriller that kept me turning the pages long into the night, it’s as smart as it is suspenseful.” \u003cb\u003e—Richard Chizmar, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eChasing the Boogeyman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e, Alaina Urquhart delivers a relentlessly dark thriller that escalates with unnerving confidence. Her prose is sharp and unsentimental, driving the story forward with a mounting sense of inevitability and moral rot. This is a book unafraid to stare directly at violence, obsession, and the damage left behind by men who believe they’re righteous. Cold, propulsive, and deeply disturbing, \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e doesn’t flinch.” \u003cb\u003e—Carter Wilson, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTell Me What You Did\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Like a mix of Karin Slaughter and \u003ci\u003eSilence of the Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e features a captivating serial killer who haunts the lives of his investigators, even as he’s behind bars. Every time that I thought I’d guessed the ending, a new wrinkle emerged creating a complicated web of killers, their motives, and their victims.” \u003cb\u003e—Tasha Coryell, author of \u003ci\u003eLove Letters to a Serial Killer \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMatchmaking for Psychopaths\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Alaina Urquhart pulls no punches with \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e, this riveting third novel in the Dr. Wren Muller series. I thought my mind was blown after the second one, but consider it blown again! With The Silence of the Lambs vibes throughout, this creepy story crawls under your skin, cuts sharp, cuts often, and gruesomely left me begging for more!”\u003cb\u003e —J.H. Markert, author of\u003ci\u003e Sleep Tight\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Doctor Wren Muller saga continues apace with \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e, which builds on the characters and relationships laid in \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher and the Wren \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Butcher Game\u003c\/i\u003e. Urquhart’s real-life expertise and clear, clean prose combine to create an intense serial-killer chiller that is shocking and twisty yet also grounded in the realities of homicide investigation. Fans of Doctor Muller should devour it.” \u003cb\u003e—Neil Sharpson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Burial Tide\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for the Dr. Wren Muller Series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Butcher Game\u003c\/i\u003e is a startling case study in suspense and obsession.\" \u003cb\u003e―Margot Douaihy, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Sister Holiday Mysteries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[B]lade-sharp.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A read-in-one-sitting kind of book.”\u003cb\u003e —CBS Mornings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Urquhart paints a tense and dangerous world for us right from the start and delivers it all with a skilled and evocative hand.” \u003cb\u003e—Aaron Mahnke, creator of the Lore podcast and author of The World of Lore series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[W]ill give your goosebumps chills.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eE! 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