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In the sweltering heat of 1947 Los Angeles, the'Raptor,'a serial murderer, prowls, casting a shadow of fear over aspiring starlets. Drawn by the allure of the city's glitz and glamor, May arrives, her heart heavy with loss, seeking a purpose. But the city's veneer of brightness conceals a darkness that envelopes her when Lilly, an enigmatic actress, ushers May into a world of opulence and intrigue. As acquaintances begin to disappear, May finds herself ensnared in a perilous game of cat and mouse, desperately piecing together fragments of truth while Agnes Crandall, an unyielding crime reporter, unearths a tangled web of deception and whispers of the occult within the city's elite circles. With each passing day, as the body count rises, May and Agnes race against time, their fates intertwined in a dangerous dance with the Raptor. Will they discover the truth before one of them becomes the next victim? In a riveting blend of literary thriller and feminist noir, THE CITY BENEATH HER delivers an electrifying tale of suspense that will leave readers on the edge of their seats.

A convicted killer's imminent parole forces a woman to confront the nightmarish past she's spent twenty years escaping.I found you. That's what Mr. Wyck told her: I found you. 1979: Seventeen-year-old Alice Pearson can't wait to graduate from high school so she can escape the small town in upstate New York where she grew up. In the meantime, she and her friends avoid their dysfunctional families while getting high in the woods. There they meet the enigmatic Jack Wyck, who lives in the rambling old farmhouse across the reservoir. Enticed by his quasi-mystical philosophy and the promise of a constant party, Alice and her friends join Mr. Wyck's small group of devoted followers. But their heady, freewheeling idyll takes an increasingly sinister turn, as Alice finds herself crossing moral and emotional boundaries that erode her hold on reality. When Mr. Wyck's grand scheme goes wrong, culminating in a night of horrific violence, Alice is barely able to find her way back to sanity. Twenty years later, Alice Wood has created a quiet life for herself as a professor of folklore, but an acclaimed filmmaker threatens to expose her past with a documentary about Jack Wyck's crimes and the cult-like following he continues to attract from his prison cell. Wyck has never forgiven Alice for testifying against him, and as he plots to overturn his conviction and regain his freedom, she is forced to confront the truth about what happened to her in the farmhouse—and her complicity in the evil around her. The Singing Bone is a spellbinding examination of guilt, innocence, and the fallibility of memory, a richly imagined novel that heralds the arrival of a remarkable new voice in literary suspense.