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Harper
August 2026
On Sale: July 28, 2026
Featuring: Violet βWestβ Shelley
336 pages
ISBN: 0063437872
EAN: 9780063437876
Kindle: B0G2SD99DV
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Thriller Psychological
From the author of the bestselling phenomenon Dietland comes a razor-sharp, subversive thriller about motherhood, obsession, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive. Violet “West” Shelley, a self-described “low-brow” crime journalist, has unwillingly spent her life in the spotlight, as the only daughter of a legendary poet and feminist icon who died tragically young. Now as West approaches fifty—burned out, creatively blocked, and far older than her mother ever was—she retreats to her desolate Colorado hometown to finish a long-overdue book about the Crying Killer, a serial killer who sobs for his mother after committing his crimes. But what begins as a bid for solitude quickly spirals into something far more sinister. A stalker emerges—mysterious, relentless, and disturbingly intimate—claiming that West is their mother; yet West knows this is impossible. As threatening messages escalate and her carefully constructed life starts to unravel, West is drawn into a chilling psychological web where the boundaries between fiction and reality collapse. Is she being watched? Hunted? Or is her own mind turning against her? Gripping, provocative, and laced with pitch-black humor, Furious Violet is a psychological thrill ride and a fierce exploration of motherhood, fame, and the question of who can lay claim to women’s legacies. Sarai Walker delivers a heroine unlike any other: damaged, defiant, and utterly unforgettable.
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