The Ruination of Michael Sterling

“The best journalists know when to stop asking questions…”

Michael Sterling thought he understood hunger. The hunger for recognition. For respect. For the truth about his sister's disappearance three years ago in these same mountains.

But in Marrow Bone Creek, hunger has teeth. 

And it wears pearls.

Journalist Michael Sterling has been investigating the disappearances plaguing Marrow Bone Creek—including his sister Denise, who vanished while volunteering in the mountains. When people are hospitalized after a mysterious incident at the Fellowship of the Everlasting Light's Strawberry Moon gathering, Michael knows he's finally close to breaking the story.

But in a town built on secrets, where reality bends to whoever tells the prettiest lies, Michael is about to learn that some offers are too good to be true, and some women know exactly what you want to hear.

A Southern Gothic thriller about the price of ambition in a town where even the truth has teeth.A Southern Gothic erotic, psychological horror suspense about ambition, obsession, and the seductive power of corruption in a town where every revelation demands a sacrifice.