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ONIX 3.0
Blood Atonement
By (author): S.M. Freedman
S.M. Freedman

Imprint:

Dundurn Press - Toronto

ISBN:

9781459750241

Product Form:

Paperback

Form detail:

Trade
Paperback , Trade
English

Audience:

General Trade
Oct 18, 2022
$22.99 CAD
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Dimensions:

8in x 5 x 1 in | 320 gr

Page Count:

416 pages
Dundurn Press
FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological
Psychological thriller
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Grace DeRoche suffers from dissociative identity disorder after escaping childhood abuse at the hands of the Fundamentalist Mormon Church. When other escapees die under suspicious circumstances, one of her alter personalities is the prime suspect. As evidence mounts against her, Grace must determine if she’s a murderer or the next victim.
A GLOBE AND MAIL TOP 100 BEST BOOKS OF 2022

“Freedman grips right out of the gate with dual timeline narratives that weave together more and more tightly until they meld into a mind-bending twist of a climax.” — LORETH ANNE WHITE, bestselling author of The Patient’s Secret

In a riveting psychological thriller for readers of Lisa Unger and Karin Slaughter, Grace’s healing solitude is shattered when she becomes a suspect in a gruesome series of murders.

Grace DeRoche escaped the fundamentalist Mormon compound of Brigham and worked to prosecute its leaders. But when loyalists, including her own family, commit mass suicide to avoid jail, Grace retreats into solitude. Racked with guilt and suffering from dissociative identity disorder brought on by childhood abuse, Grace’s life is fragmented and full of blind spots. Dissociative triggers are everywhere, and she never knows when an alter personality will take the reins.

When other Brigham escapees die under suspicious circumstances, Grace’s tenuous hold on reality crumbles. Notes left at each scene quote scripture and accuse the deceased of committing sins so grievous that atonement can only be achieved through the spilling of blood. As evidence mounts against her and one of her alter personalities becomes the prime suspect, Grace must determine if she’s a murderer … or the next victim.

  • A riveting psychological thriller for readers of Lisa Unger and Karin Slaughter
  • Features a protagonist who blurs the lines between good and evil, whose dissociative identity disorder creates fractures in memory and confusion about whodunit
  • Inspired by the allegations of abuse in the polygamist fundamentalist Mormon community in Bountiful, B.C.
  • Author’s previous psychological thriller, The Day She Died, was reviewed favorably by Publishers Weekly and her debut novel was selected by Suspense Magazine as one of the “Best Books of 2015” in the Debut Author category

S.M. Freedman is the author of The Faithful, Impact Winter, and The Day She Died. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and worked as a private investigator on the not-so-mean streets of Vancouver, where she lives.

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  • Author Website: smfreedman.com
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Alyssa Boyden, [email protected]

A wild ride exploring a fractured spirit and a community that must pay for their sins. - Tanya Eby, USA Today bestselling author

The Handmaid’s Tale meets All about Eve in this dark and disturbing thriller about a polygamist cult and the children who sought to escape it. At once riveting and heartbreaking, Freedman provides readers with both characters and an ending they won’t soon forget. - C.S. O’Cinneide, Edgar-nominated author of the Candace Starr series

S.M. Freedman keeps the reader guessing and the pages turning in Blood Atonement, a dark and poignant psychological thriller/procedural with a cult backdrop. Freedman grips right out of the gate with dual timeline narratives that weave together more and more tightly until they meld into a mind-bending twist of a climax.

- Loreth Anne White, bestselling author of The Patient’s Secret

Past wounds and present danger twist together in this dark, propulsive tale that will grip you long into the night. A bloody good book with a heart-rattling end. - Eddy Boudel Tan, author of The Rebellious Tide

S.M. Freedman is a master of psychological suspense. - Sam Wiebe, award-winning author of Hell and Gone

Visceral prose matches emotional, compelling storytelling in this heart-wrenching thriller inspired by real events. - Globe and Mail

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