The Butcher

De: Jennifer Hillier

Narrado por: Chris Henry Coffey, Corey Brill, Raquel Beattie, Zac Aleman

In this “skillfully penned tale of murder and cover-up that will keep readers enthralled until the powerful finish” (Fresh Fiction), family secrets and a serial killer from the past converge in this electrifying thriller.

In 1985, Edward Shank famously gunned down the Beacon Hill Butcher, ending the serial killer’s reign of terror over the city of Seattle. But now in his eighties, Edward’s action-packed glory days are long behind him. The decorated former Seattle police chief has given up his high-maintenance Victorian home to his grandson Matt for a quiet life at the nearby Sweetbay Village Retirement Residence, where mac-n-cheese Wednesdays have become the highlight of his week.

Though it’s hard to watch his grandfather get older, Matt is thrilled to inherit the large house he grew up in. Already an accomplished chef with a popular restaurant and a TV show in the works, Matt’s dream life is finally within reach…until he discovers a crate buried in the backyard that holds a secret about his grandfather so terrible, it threatens to ruin all their lives if it ever gets out. Especially his girlfriend Sam’s, whose mother was killed when she was only two years old.

As Matt struggles with his dark family secret, Sam’s obsession with solving her mother’s murder continues to grow. A true crime writer now working on a book about the Butcher, Sam has always suspected her mother was one of his victims, even though she was killed two years after the Butcher was supposedly gunned down.

But when new victims begin to turn up, their murders eerily similar to the Butcher’s all those years ago, Sam realizes she might be right. The more she digs into the old murders, the more dangerous it gets…and the truth is closer to home than she ever could have imagined.

“A tense, suspenseful, thoroughly creepy thriller” (Booklist), The Butcher sinks its teeth in you from the very beginning.

©2024 Jennifer Hillier (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio

Fabulous Narration!

From the story line to the plot twists....loved this book! Definitely going on my favorites list!

How crazy that grandpa is an asshole he is

I love absolutely everything and I am gonna read every single one of her books. I’ve already read two this is my third and I love love love her

Jennifer Hillier ALWAYS Delivers

There are very few authors whose work I will buy immediately upon release, and Jennifer is one of them. Her gritty tales are great in many ways. I only wish she had more!

The first 16 pages suck you in …

Love this book !!! Short chapters and fast moving !!! Couldn’t put it down once I started !

Got me out of my reading slump

This one was so good, I could not put it down. Just the first chapter drew me in. This got me out of my reading slump. Definitely need more Jennifer Hiller books

Well dang

It started off strong and kept up the pace - a whole mess of secrets and lie - the narration of shank was off-putting but it wasn't too bad. Really good use of a credit.

Ending

I loved the plot twists and turns, Character development and pace of the story, To not give anything away I'll just say the ending was not at the same quality of the rest of the book. Definitely worth a listen.

Good Book

I enjoyed this a lot. Great character development and the overall story is well written.

JH never disappoints

This was a great book, as always by JH. I loved Creep and Freak but thought this was the best of the 3.

Great book

I enjoyed this book. It is gruesome but it’s a good story. It was predictable but that didn’t take away from the story.