Two sisters. One murder. And a woman who will cross the line to uncover a killer's secrets.

Though they are sisters, Kit and Jenny could not be more different. Jenny is the dutiful daughter, following in her father's footsteps to become a Texas cop. Now working as a detective in the the Austin Police Department, Jenny is surprised when she sees a crime report with her sister's name on it.

Kit is the rebellious one, hiding from her past. She's trying to escape the fallout of her mother's death, and the gravitational pull of her father's expectations. Working as a stripper, Kit is living in a nighttime world of pseudonyms and lies. And she's begun to notice some new characters hanging around the club.

Suddenly, one sister's murder leads to the other's investigation of it, and brings her into a world more deadly than she can imagine. As the truth unfolds, one sister begins to question everything—even her own sanity—and the role she might have played in this lethal dance. The Devil's Backbone showcases Kim Wozencraft at her best: a novelist whose power to shock and compel you is unsurpassed.

   

Praise for The Devil’s Backbone…

"Kim Wozencraft might just be the noir fiction lover's dream: She writes characters so authentic that the reader swears he or she knows them in real life; her prose is spare and powerful with nary a wasted word."

— The Baltimore Sun

"Wozencraft skillfully blends philosophy and action, humor and terror."

— The Blue Stone Press

"Wozencraft's brilliant third psychological thriller...eloquent prose that's unflinchingly honest."

— Publisher's Weekly (starred review)

"A deftly plotted, briskly paced psychological thriller: solid storytelling in the dependable Wozencraft manner."

— Kirkus

"Wozencraft paints an alternately witty and harrowing picture of dysfunction."

— Entertainment Weekly

"The Devil's Backbone is an experience: you live it as much as read it, feeling in your own body every racing heartbeat and every degree of its merciless Texas heat. It is headlong, unremitting, and deeply passionate."

— Luc Sante

"A riveting study of psychological terror and ultimate betrayal, and a complex tale...gritty, profane, and utterly compelling...you won’t put this book down until the final shattering pages."

— Barbara Parker, author of Suspicion of Rage

   

Published by: St. Martin's Press

   

Praise for Wanted…

"This is writing so powerful it will blow you away. Kim Wozencraft's characters step right off the page as living, breathing people, in a slam-bang thriller that doesn't let up until the final page."

— Tess Gerritsen, author of The Sinner

   

"A perceptive character study of two troubled souls on the lam, Wanted is unpredictable and absorbing. Kim Wozencraft sure knows how to craft a crime novel."

— Perri O'Shaughnessy, author of Presumption of Death

   

"Wanted is a top-notch read from a first-rate author. Kim Wozencraft has what it takes to go all the way. She writes like an angel, carrying a .45 Magnum, and Wanted is a twin turbo of a novel. It should come with seatbelts. Kim Wozencraft is back, with a vengeance."

— Keith Ablow, author of Murder Suicide

   

"Thelma and Louise are a couple of schoolgirls next to the pair of heroines who tear through Kim Wozencraft's Wanted. A high-speed, emotional thriller that grabs you from the start, it's also a white-hot indictment of what passes for justice in the United States-where crooked cops, malicious prosecutors and a dystopian bureaucracy destroy more lives than all the drugs on the street. Gail and Diane's desperate bid to outrun the shock troops of a sociopathic society is at once terrifying, exhilarating and inspirational. These are two powerful women refusing to bow down to the tin god of jurisprudence gone insane. You'll never stop rooting for them."

— Ian Spiegelman, author of Everyone’s Burning

   

Aniston, Streep on board for Wanted…

Variety.com reports that Jennifer Aniston and Meryl Streep have attached to Sheldon Turner's adaptation of Wanted.