Wash Me In Blood

by Larae Marie

No one survives her cleansing.” When the town sleeps, the car wash awakens. Water crashes against steel, brushes grind in rhythm, and thick steam rolls across the floor, smothering everything in silence. To most, it is routine—a place to rinse away dirt and grime. To Marla Haines, it is her altar.



She knows the tunnels beneath the wash, the broken cameras, and the blind spots no one has ever noticed. She slips through the hidden hatch when the doors close and the cycle begins. The pounding spray hides every sound, the fog blinds every lens, and the drains carry away what remains.

Cars emerge spotless. Their drivers never do.

Marla calls it cleansing, a ritual to strip away the filth of those she deems unworthy. To everyone else, it looks like people simply vanish. But the truth is soaked into the concrete and whispered through the pipes, a secret the town refuses to face.

And once the water begins its cycle, it will not stop until it takes everything.

Because no one survives her cleansing.

96 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 23, 2025

Reviews

[Peter Topside · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. The premise was simple enough and the gore-factor was definitely there. Everything just felt very visceral and aggressive. Everything that Maria did had purpose and served to the overarching plot. However, the pacing was much too quick and the story leaned too hard into the recycled concept of wrongdoing, murder, cover up, repeat. It made up a strong majority of the story and the internal logic for her actions just felt less and less clear with each event, as was her original ambition for becoming a vigilante, of sorts. I was anticipating that, perhaps, this was a specific strategy leading to Maria completely unraveling by the end and being caught or killed, but then nothing happened with it. She went on to have a somewhat neutral ending, which felt very rushed, incomplete, and, honestly, a bit out of place. Nothing was done badly here, but it all needed to have a better flow and much more development on all plot points to bring it all full circle.

[Katelynn Wiley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing is all I can say❤️ she definitely knows how to keep up on her toes with her books and wants us wanting more and more . This has to be one of my favorites that she has written ❤️💕

[Katelynn Wiley · Rating 5 out of 5]

She is one of my absolutely favorite authors the way she puts the time and effort into the details of her books makes me want to come back amd read more of her books

[Mandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Relentless and deeply unsettling, Wash Me in Blood turns an everyday car wash into a chamber of ritualized horror. Larae Marie delivers a grim, claustrophobic thriller.

[Matt Clark · Rating 3 out of 5]

I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was excellent. The story was really quick and fast paced and honestly pretty good. I thought the ending was a little rushed and fell flat a bit.

[Rebecca Bourne · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is definitely a twist on your regular serial killer! Using a car wash is so creative and smart! I need more Larae Marie!

Also, I 100% thought Jacob was going to be the next killer :)

[M.J. Baylee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely great read. Great character building. Love that there is a bonus story in the back of the book. The purple eye man is pretty cool if you ask me.

[Sara]

Wash my sin my dirt
light with silint echo
at dark castl no camira there
river of blood come clear
wash hard that blind spot
many disaper at fog of dream
wash when thee sleep
skip the mountin of dirt
the metal fear
wash hard and be great
many goor there
wash sin and dirt
wash kiss and dream
wash love and lose
wash lost last breath at fog
wash my blood and heart
wash my candle