Fragile Beasts

What if the darkest secrets you've buried for thirty years are about to be dug up by the one person you can't escape? For Kyle, a past he thought was long dead is knocking at his door, forcing a deadly reckoning with his estranged sister. This isn't just a family reunion; it's a collision course with the truth. You'll uncover the twisted events of a single, catastrophic summer that forged two siblings into fragile beasts. Prepare to navigate a tense, atmospheric tale of loyalty, betrayal, and the high price of survival.

Tawni O'Dell is the New York Times bestselling author of six novels, including the Oprah’s Book Club pick Back Roads, establishing her as a master of rural noir. She draws from her own upbringing in the hardscrabble coal-mining country of western Pennsylvania to explore the complex family bonds and dark secrets that define her characters. O'Dell's intimate knowledge of this unique landscape and its people lends her fiction a powerful and unflinching authenticity.