The Butcher

Publisher Marketing: A rash of grisly serial murders plagued Seattle until the infamous Beacon Hill Butcher was finally hunted down and killed by police chief Edward Shank in 1985. Now, some thirty years later, Shank, retired and widowed, is giving up his large rambling Victorian house to his grandson Matt, whom he helped raise. Settling back into his childhood home and doing some renovations in the backyard to make the house feel like his own, Matt, a young up-and-coming chef and restaurateur, stumbles upon a locked crate he s never seen before. Curious, he picks the padlock and makes a discovery so gruesome it will forever haunt him . Faced with this deep dark family secret, Matt must decide whether to keep what he knows buried in the past, go to the police, or take matters into his own hands. Meanwhile Matt s girlfriend, Sam, has always suspected that her mother was murdered by the Beacon Hill Butcher two years after the supposed Butcher was gunned down. As she pursues leads that will prove her right, Sam heads right into the path of Matt s terrible secret. A thriller with taut, fast-paced suspense, and twists around every corner, "The Butcher" will keep you guessing until the bitter, bloody end. " Review Citations: Booklist 05/01/2014 pg. 20 (EAN 9781476734224, Open Ebook) Booklist 05/01/2014 pg. 20 (EAN 9781476734217, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 05/26/2014 (EAN 9781476734217, Hardcover) Romantic Times 08/01/2014 pg. 53 (EAN 9781476734217, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2014 (EAN 9781476734217, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Hillier, Jennifer Jennifer Hillier made her fiction debut with "Creep". Originally from Canada, she spent almost five years in the beautiful Pacific Northwest before returning to her hometown of Toronto, Canada. Visit her on the web at JenniferHillier.org. Contributor Bio:  Miller, Dan John Dan John Miller is an American actor and musician. In the Oscar-winning "Walk the Line", he starred as Johnny Cash s guitarist and best friend, Luther Perkins, and has also appeared in George Clooney s "Leatherheads "and "My One and Only", with Renee Zellweger. An award-winning audiobook narrator, Dan has garnered multiple Audie Award nominations, has twice been named a Best Voice by "AudioFile "magazine, and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards and a Listen-Up Award from "Publishers Weekly".