First published 1997
Journalist Rosalind Leigh walks into a prison to interview Olive Martin, a woman who confessed to murdering and dismembering her own sister and mother. The media dubbed Olive "The Sculptress" after the brutal crimes that shocked everyone involved. A detective warned Roz that the crime scene resembled a slaughterhouse, the worst he had ever seen, and that Olive remained extremely dangerous. Roz thinks she knows what to expect from this assignment. She has the basic facts about the case and Olive's life sentence. But when Roz sits down across from her subject, the encounter takes an unexpected turn. The meeting will alter the course of Roz's life in ways she never imagined. What begins as a routine interview becomes something far more complex and personal.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Prison
463 pages · Paperback · Pan Books
Content warnings: graphic-violence, murder