Curiosity is a dangerous thing—especially when it’s coupled with amorality as it is in Janet Ellis’s The Butcher’s Hook. Anne Jaccob is the oldest daughter of an overbearing father and a mother worn out from childbirth and miscarriage. She’s mostly been left to her own devices up until now. But now ...
It's clear from the beginning: one might long for escape from this narrative, might opt for a bloody end rather than endure more misery. "No one but a fool could look so happy in a miserable house, could they? The mice here probably throw themselves on the traps for a quicker end." But Anne Jacc...
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