{"product_id":"the-butcher-laura-kat-young","title":"The Butcher- Laura Kat Young","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback-New\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA suspenseful small-town horror novel of oppression, heartbreak and buried anguish - Shirley Jackson meets Never Let Me Go with the wild west setting of Westworld. When Lady Mae turns 18, she'll inherit her mother's job as the Butcher: dismembering Settlement Five's guilty residents as payment for their petty crimes. An index finger taken for spreading salacious gossip, a foot for blasphemy, no one is exempt from punishment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut one day Winona refuses to butcher a six-year-old boy. So their leaders, known as the Deputies, come to Lady Mae's house, and, right there in the living room, murder her mother for refusing her duties. Within twenty-four hours, now alone in the world, Lady Mae begins her new job.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut a chance meeting years later puts her face to face with the Deputy that murdered her mother. Now Lady Mae must choose: will she flee, and start another life in the desolate mountains, forever running? Or will she seek vengeance for her mother's death even if it kills her?A devastating, alarming page-turner infused with melancholy, humanity - and society's maddening acceptance in the face of horror.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foster’s Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56654532379001,"sku":null,"price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0956\/9085\/0681\/files\/IMG-1780.heic?v=1770986587","url":"https:\/\/fostersbooks.com\/products\/the-butcher-laura-kat-young","provider":"Foster’s Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}