RECOMMENDED BY GILLIAN FLYNN ON THE TODAY SHOW โข โA lush, seductive Southern Gothic thatโs deliciously queer . . . K. L. Cerraโs gift for gorgeous, gruesome atmosphere had me spellbound.โโLayne Fargo, author of They Never Learn
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A woman investigating her brotherโs apparent suicide finds herself falling for her prime suspectโhis darkly mysterious girlfriendโin this โcreepy, compelling, and utterly originalโย (Karen Dionne) thriller.
โGet it out of me.โ
It was the last message Holly received from her brother, Dane, before he was found cleaved open in the lavish Savannah townhouse of his girlfriend, Maura. Police ruled his death a suicide sparked by psychosis, but Holly canโt shake the idea that something else must have happenedโsomething involving another message he sent earlier that night about a โgameโ Maura wanted to play.
Determined to discover the truth, Holly begins to stalk Maura, a magnetic, black-eyed florist with a penchant for carnivorous plants. But what begins as an investigation quickly veers into a fixation that lures Holly into the depths of Mauraโs world: Savannah high society, eerie black roses, and a whisper of something more sinister. Soon Holly is feeling a dark attraction to the one woman she shouldnโt trust. As Holly falls deeper for Maura and her secrets, sheโs left with only one choice: find out what happened to Dane or meet the same fate.