Dot Hutchinson: The Butterfly Garden

Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchinson, Book Review Murder In Common

 

Wings that don’t fly

 

An enclosed garden filled with butterflies, tended by a congenial gardener. Only the butterflies are beautiful women captured and intricately tattooed. And the congeniality is the smooth mask of a psychopath.

 

The man takes very good care of them over the years as they are there to serve his pleasure. When their beauty fades, they die.

Maya was a recent acquisition to the atrocious grotto. Her story is told to police detectives Hanoverian and Eddison in retrospect. They are shocked, angered and horrified in equal amounts.

The Butterfly Garden from Dot Hutchinson is a well told story of courage, desperation and strength. You supply the shudders.

~ June Lorraine

 


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12 responses to “Dot Hutchinson: The Butterfly Garden”

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  2. KelliBelli Avatar

    Butterfly Garden was a fantastic book..while the subject matter was indeed horrific, the writing was so compelling I literally had to force myself to stop reading and get back to work (I was on my lunch hour).

    1. June Lorraine Roberts Avatar

      Hello KelliBelli, I’m glad you ‘enjoyed’ the book. Lunch hour reading goes by so quickly. Makes it tough to put a book down…thanks for dropping by!

  3. readingwritingandriesling Avatar

    It is on my list …hope to get to it soon. 🙂

    1. June Lorraine Roberts Avatar

      If you do please let me know if you liked it

      1. readingwritingandriesling Avatar

        I keep hearing good things about it.

  4. JP McLean Avatar

    The ‘look inside’ hooked me completely – just bought it! Thanks.

    1. June Lorraine Roberts Avatar

      Let me know! Let me know JP 🙂

      1. Rebecca P. Avatar
        Rebecca P.

        AMAZING BOOK!! Was completely enthralled the entire time!! A movie NEEDS to me made!!

      2. June Lorraine Roberts Avatar

        Yes, I think it would make quite the movie
        So glad to hear you enjoyed it 🙂

  5. Sue Coletta Avatar

    Wow. Sounds haunting beautiful.

    1. Sue Coletta Avatar

      “Hauntingly” Fingers faster than the brain.

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