The Talking Bone
"A gut punch of a novel with as much beauty as it has pain. The Talking Bone showcases an author at the top of her game."
— CrimeReads in their most anticipated books listing.
Inspired by her work as a death row investigator, Denfeld delivers a suspenseful, riveting tale of an investigator with two weeks to discover if a man is innocent. Gut wrenching and powerful, The Talking Bone has earned raves from Kirkus, Publisher's Weekly, Booklist, and more.
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The Butterfly Girl
“A heartbreaking, finger-gnawing, and yet ultimately hopeful novel by the amazing Rene Denfeld.”
—Margaret Atwood, via Twitter
After captivating readers in The Child Finder, Naomi—the investigator with an uncanny ability for finding missing children—returns, trading snow-covered woods for dark, gritty streets on the search for her missing sister in a city where young, homeless girls have been going missing and turning up dead.
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The Child Finder
“Aptly unclassifiable, Denfeld’s compulsively readable second novel calls on elements of horror, mystery, fairy tales, and even romance to explore legacies of violence and the resilience of the most vulnerable among us.” — Booklist
International bestseller, The Child Finder is a haunting, richly atmospheric, and deeply suspenseful novel from the acclaimed author of The Enchanted about an investigator who must use her unique insights to find a missing little girl.
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Enchanted
“A wondrous book that finds transcendence in the most unlikely of places. . . . So dark yet so exquisite.” — Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus
* Winner of a French Prix. An astonishing novel told from the point of view of a convict whose magical interpretations of prison life allow him to find absolute joy while isolated from the rest of humanity, and a female investigator who experiences her own personal salvation in her work as a death penalty investigator.
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