'A tour de force'
Guardian
'A bloody yet surprisingly warm-hearted spin on The Godfather. Great stuff'
The Times, Best Thrillers of 2025
Babs Dionne, doting grandmother and vicious crime matriarch, rules her small town with an iron fist. She controls the flow of drugs into its borders with the help of her loyal lieutenants, girlfriends since they were teenagers, and her eldest daughter, Lori, a former soldier struggling with addiction.
When a drug cartel discovers that its numbers are down in the area, they send a malevolent force, known only as The Man, to investigate. At the same time, Babs's youngest daughter, Sis, has gone missing, which doesn't seem at all like a coincidence. In twenty-four hours, Sis will be found dead, and the whole town will seek shelter from Babs's wrath...
Guardian
'A bloody yet surprisingly warm-hearted spin on The Godfather. Great stuff'
The Times, Best Thrillers of 2025
Babs Dionne, doting grandmother and vicious crime matriarch, rules her small town with an iron fist. She controls the flow of drugs into its borders with the help of her loyal lieutenants, girlfriends since they were teenagers, and her eldest daughter, Lori, a former soldier struggling with addiction.
When a drug cartel discovers that its numbers are down in the area, they send a malevolent force, known only as The Man, to investigate. At the same time, Babs's youngest daughter, Sis, has gone missing, which doesn't seem at all like a coincidence. In twenty-four hours, Sis will be found dead, and the whole town will seek shelter from Babs's wrath...
Review
A bloody yet surprisingly warm-hearted spin on The Godfather. Great stuff - The Times, Best Thrillers of 2025
Leavened by a surprising amount of humour and empathy, this is the vivid, tragic and violent story of people trying to do their best against insurmountable odds: a tour de force
- Guardian
Darkly funny... an unforgettable tale of power, love and survival in the heart of Maine - Seattle Times
A Shakespearean drama... An addictive and unforgettable read - Boston Globe
Leavened by a surprising amount of humour and empathy, this is the vivid, tragic and violent story of people trying to do their best against insurmountable odds: a tour de force
- Guardian
Darkly funny... an unforgettable tale of power, love and survival in the heart of Maine - Seattle Times
A Shakespearean drama... An addictive and unforgettable read - Boston Globe