PREORDER – SWALLOWTAIL paperback

Preorder today! Publication date forthcoming November 18, 2025.

In the gritty seaside town of Quincy, Massachusetts, the killing of a teenager on her daughter’s dance team plunges Detective Samantha Star into the trauma of her abduction twenty years before. As clues point to a serial killer obsessed with Surrealism and Greek myth, Sam must unravel the mystery of her own kidnapping to solve the crime–before her daughter is next. At stake are not just the teenagers’ lives, but also Sam’s identity as a detective and an artist, and a community’s chance at healing. SWALLOWTAIL is the moving story of a woman’s journey to free herself from the trauma of her past, and a thought-provoking exploration of violent representations of women in myth and art.

…a taut storyline that will keep you turning pages well into the night. Fans of Mare of Easttown will love this one!

— Edwin Hill, author of WHO TO BELIEVE