The Butcher and the Liar

Daisy Bellon thinks she may have buried her skeletons forever. At thirty-five, she runs a butcher shop in a forgotten corner of Chicago, keeping her past locked away. But when an anonymous message arrives, she's thrust back to the day her life split in two.

At nine years old, Daisy meets Caleb Garcia, a boy who makes her believe in the possibility of friendship and happiness. But that same night, she stumbles upon her father dismembering a woman in their basement and becomes his unwilling apprentice, sworn to keep his monstrous secrets. When the victim's ghost appears in Daisy's room, she's bound to a haunting legacy. To endure, Daisy weaves a web of lies, clinging to the light of Caleb's friendship while slipping deeper into the darkness of her father's shadow.

More than two decades later, following the arrival of the mysterious message, someone close to Daisy is brutally murdered in an all-too-familiar fashion. Forced to confront the truth about her family and herself, Daisy must decide whether to let the darkness consume her-or to fight for love and redemption, even if it means revealing everything she's tried to bury.

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The Butcher and the Liar

Daisy Bellon thinks she may have buried her skeletons forever. At thirty-five, she runs a butcher shop in a forgotten corner of Chicago, keeping her past locked away. But when an anonymous message arrives, she's thrust back to the day her life split in two.

At nine years old, Daisy meets Caleb Garcia, a boy who makes her believe in the possibility of friendship and happiness. But that same night, she stumbles upon her father dismembering a woman in their basement and becomes his unwilling apprentice, sworn to keep his monstrous secrets. When the victim's ghost appears in Daisy's room, she's bound to a haunting legacy. To endure, Daisy weaves a web of lies, clinging to the light of Caleb's friendship while slipping deeper into the darkness of her father's shadow.

More than two decades later, following the arrival of the mysterious message, someone close to Daisy is brutally murdered in an all-too-familiar fashion. Forced to confront the truth about her family and herself, Daisy must decide whether to let the darkness consume her-or to fight for love and redemption, even if it means revealing everything she's tried to bury.

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The Butcher and the Liar

The Butcher and the Liar

by S.L. Woeppel
The Butcher and the Liar

The Butcher and the Liar

by S.L. Woeppel

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Overview

Daisy Bellon thinks she may have buried her skeletons forever. At thirty-five, she runs a butcher shop in a forgotten corner of Chicago, keeping her past locked away. But when an anonymous message arrives, she's thrust back to the day her life split in two.

At nine years old, Daisy meets Caleb Garcia, a boy who makes her believe in the possibility of friendship and happiness. But that same night, she stumbles upon her father dismembering a woman in their basement and becomes his unwilling apprentice, sworn to keep his monstrous secrets. When the victim's ghost appears in Daisy's room, she's bound to a haunting legacy. To endure, Daisy weaves a web of lies, clinging to the light of Caleb's friendship while slipping deeper into the darkness of her father's shadow.

More than two decades later, following the arrival of the mysterious message, someone close to Daisy is brutally murdered in an all-too-familiar fashion. Forced to confront the truth about her family and herself, Daisy must decide whether to let the darkness consume her-or to fight for love and redemption, even if it means revealing everything she's tried to bury.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781953865908
Publisher: Books Fluent
Publication date: 09/16/2025
Pages: 430
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.96(d)

About the Author

The Butcher and the Liar is S.L. Woeppel's second novel. Her first novel, Flipping the Birdie, was a BookLife Fiction Prize 2024 finalist. Born and raised in Nebraska, Woeppel gets antsy living in one place too long. Currently residing in Minnesota, she has five great loves-family, writing, reading, travel, and municipal bonds. She's watched the entirety of the television series ER three times and has an embarrassingly large collection of those tacky souvenir spoons (like, more than two hundred). She can't help it; she keeps buying them wherever she goes. Drop her a line if you have a great idea about what to do with them. Learn more at www.slwoeppelbooks.com
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