
A retired spy, a seaside chicken farm, and a dead body in the driveway—Tess Gerritsen’s twisty thriller delivers danger, secrets, and second chances with a dose of Martini Club mayhem. Purity, Maine will never be the same.

Missouri, 1955. After a fever awakens chilling voices, a pastor’s obedient wife becomes the key to a murdered girl’s secrets. As her gift grows stronger—and her husband tightens his grip—Loretta must risk everything to expose the truth.

He called them his butterflies—beautiful, marked, and trapped. But one escaped. This story is a chilling thriller of twisted beauty, dark secrets, and a survivor who may be hiding more than she reveals.