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The Summer Children by Dot Hutchison
In The Summer Children, FBI agent Mercedes Ramirez faces one of her most haunting cases yet. Children begin appearing on her porch in the dead of night, each clutching a small fluffy teddy bears, each telling stories about the monster who hurt them. What’s worse, the abusers are already dead, and the person delivering justice knows exactly what they’re doing. This time, the horror isn’t coming from strangers. It’s coming from inside the homes where these kids were supposed to feel safe.
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The Roses of May by Dot Hutchison
A chilling follow-up to The Butterfly Garden, Dot Hutchison’s Roses of May follows Priya, a young woman still reeling from her sister’s unsolved murder. As she struggles with grief and fear, she becomes the target of the same killer who has been hunting girls across the country. With the FBI watching over her, and her bond with Inara from book one offering quiet strength, Priya must find a way to reclaim her life while living under the shadow of a predator who always seems one step ahead.
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The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison
Haunting, beautiful, and disturbing all at once, it makes you think about survival, silence, and how trauma can twist someone’s sense of safety. I didn’t love every part (I expected a scarier villain, to be honest), but the writing pulled me in completely. The mix of horror and reflection gave me chills, and I found myself stopping on certain lines just to breathe them in.
