The Swamp King's Daughter

The Swamp King's Daughter tells the story of Helena Pelletier. She has a loving husband, two beautiful daughters, and a business that fills her days. The perfect life so many dream of. But she also has a secret: she's the result of a kidnapping.

Her mother was kidnapped by her father when she was still a teenager and kept in a cabin in the Michigan swamps. Born two years after the abduction, Helena loved her home in the wilderness, and despite her father's violent and sometimes brutal behavior, she loved him too... until she realized how savage he could be and began to understand the situation.

Even with all this, twenty years later, she has buried her past so deeply and kept it so well hidden that even the husband she loves so much doesn't know the truth. But now her father has taken action again, killing two guards, escaping from prison, and disappearing.

To stop him, the police launch a manhunt, and Helena knows they won't find anything, as only one person, trained by him, has the skills to find the survivor the world calls the Swamp King. And that person, of course, is Helena.

Praised by Karin Slaughter and Megan Abbott, The Swamp King's Daughter is the riveting story of a woman who must risk everything to hunt down the man who shaped her past and threatens to steal her future: her father.

“Brilliant... As good as a thriller can be.” - The New York Times Book Review

“A literary thriller of the highest quality, reminiscent of John Hart, James Lee Burke, and James W. Hall, as well as being an excellent psychological thriller.” - The Providence Journal

“Perfect for Room fans.” - Cosmopolitan

“A sensational psychological thriller.” - Lee Child