No Rest for the Wicked

USA Today Bestseller

With an expert hand, Rachel Louise Adams’s debut reads like an edge-of-your-seat, heart-pounding scary movie. In a Halloween-obsessed Midwestern town, everyone’s on red alert after a local politician goes missing. Yet it’s only the beginning. It’s been close to twenty years since forensic pathologist Dolores Hawthorne left her hometown of Little Horton, Wisconsin—famous for its Halloween celebrations and a history of violent deaths linked to the holiday. Then the FBI calls: her father, a former mayor turned U.S. Senator, is missing under mysterious circumstances. With the past she fled catching up to her, and a warning that she should trust no one, Dolores must face the secrets she tried to leave behind before it’s too late.

“An original story with a twist like a knife to the gut.” — People

“The book impresses on every level—suspense, characters, plot, twists, milieu and quality of writing.” — BookPage

“Adams writes an assured debut with well-developed characters and nicely timed twists.” — Library Journal

“This is a good choice for readers who enjoy small-town crime with a touch of gothic.” — Booklist

“A dark, twisty mystery with a cascade of blood splatter … had me on the edge of my seat until the very end, with twists I never saw coming.” — Kelsey Cox