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The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart

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The Butcher and the Wren

A Novel

by Alaina Urquhart

Length 6 hours 22 minutes

Language English

Narrators Sophie Amoss & Joe Knezevich

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From the co-host of chart-topping true crime podcast Morbid, a thrilling debut novel told from the dueling perspectives of a notorious serial killer and the medical examiner following where his trail of victims leads Something dark is lurking in the Louisiana bayou: a methodical killer with a penchant for medical experimentation is hard at work completing his most harrowing crime yet, taunting the authorities who desperately try to catch up. But forensic pathologist Dr. Wren Muller is the best there is. Armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of historical crimes, and years of experience working in the Medical Examiner's office, she's never encountered a case she couldn't solve. Until now. Case after case is piling up on Wren's examination table, and soon she is sucked into an all-consuming cat-and-mouse chase with a brutal murderer getting more brazen by the day. An addictive read with straight-from-the-morgue details only an autopsy technician could provide, The Butcher and the Wren promises to ensnare all who enter.

Fiction Mystery & Thriller Horror

Alaina Urquhart is the science-loving co-host of the chart-topping show Morbid: A True Crime Podcast. As an autopsy technician by trade, she offers a unique perspective from deep inside the morgue. Alaina hails from Boston, where she lives with her wonderful husband, John, their three amazing daughters, and a ghost puggle named Bailey. She is about 75 percent coffee, and truly believes she and Agent Clarice Starling could be friends. Before writing her first psychological horror novel, she received degrees in criminal justice, psychology, and biology. When she isn't hosting Morbid, she hosts the Parcast original show Crime Countdown, and a horror movie podcast called Scream! Her days are usually spent either recording or eviscerating. The way she sees it, when she hangs up her microphone for the day, it's time to let the dead speak.

Sophie Amoss is a voiceover artist and Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator. She has lent her talents to brands such as AirWick, ExxonMobil, Olay, and Microsoft. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, she went on to receive her master's degree in acting from Columbia University. Originally from New Orleans, she currently resides in New York.

Joe Knezevich is a stage, screen, and voice actor based in Atlanta, GA. He can also be seen in a variety of projects shooting in the Southeast from The Vampire Diaries, Teen Wolf, Nashville, and Under The Dome, to the more recent Halt and Catch Fire, Hidden Figures, Vice Principals, Manhunt: Unabomber, and the upcoming Fox series The Resident. Behind the mic, Joe has been narrating audiobooks since 2012 and specializes in Fantasy, Adult Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Romance under the pseudonym Alastair Haynesbridge.