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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.

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(view spoiler)[so far the cast of characters is interesting, i am suspecting Jeremy to be the serial killer described in the synopsis and he's going to be the one wholl execute the cat and mouse chase with Wren (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[it does get kind of confusing and a little bit messy because of the different ntroduction of many different characters and the part where the story forgets the previous characters thst couldve been important, like compared to what it was in the beginning, especially with Wren's perspective, the cast is vastly different to what it was now. (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[Called It! It IS Jeremy :DDDDDDDD (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[Jeremy's sense of humor is pretty unique for a serial killer, he always assess some technical terms about the anatomy of the human body and the many ways where the violence that he acts upon can affect the body's wellbeing, which is well, not outstanding to say the least (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[the plot twist is...weird like *really weird* like "why the hell would that even happen and why does it feel like just a random thing that messes up the entire story even more" weird, like "it tries to hard to have a genius plot twist that ended up just being unexpected, not in a good way but a '...gurl what' unexpected". (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[“He got away, John.”

....really??????? All of that....for “He got away, John.” REALLY!?!?!?!?!?! (hide spoiler)]

Starting this on Monday. I fell behind this month!

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(view spoiler)[ He definitely is the serial killer. I am definitely intrigued by him. He seems so normal, I wonder what caused him to start killing. (hide spoiler)]

Gohnar23 wrote: "32%

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Im glad to know im not the only one that has to reread parts to get the characters in check. Its good, but I really have to concentrate on the names.

Gohnar23 wrote: "43%

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(view spoiler)[ AKA Cal.... lol. I was expecting him to kill the girl with Emily first not the dude. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 21 (view spoiler)[ Emily escaped! I really hope she did, but that stab wound is definitely going to slow her down. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 24 (view spoiler)[ Wait Is Wren actually Emily?? Is that the secret she has been keeping?? Holy shit! (hide spoiler)]

Courtney wrote: "Chapter 21 [spoilers removed]"

Yesssss, hope she doesnt get caught

Courtney wrote: "Chapter 24 [spoilers removed]"

Well that's the plot twist 😭😭😭😭

Finished. This was not as good as I was hoping for, but it gave me a book to listen to while doing chores. (view spoiler)[ I dont see how she didnt see Jeremy getting away. I sure as heck saw it happening. (hide spoiler)]

Finished. This was not as good as I was hoping for, but it gave me a book to listen to while doing chores. (view spoiler)[ I dont see how she didnt see Jeremy getting away. I sure as heck saw it happening. (hide spoiler)]