Twisted Novel TBK: The Butterfly Killer Forces Readers to Confront the Darkest Taboos
Debi Moore
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A new “true crime” novel is out now entitled TBK: The Butterfly Killer, and we have all the details you need to decide if it’s one you want to add to your summer reading list or not.
Masterfully crafted by A.P. Butler, TBK: The Butterfly Killer follows the life of a high-functioning, sociopathic serial killer as she embarks on an odyssey that will compel readers to reconsider every shred of their existence. Prepare to confront murder, child abuse, and suicide in a novel that, throughout its gruesome rawness, still manages to find humor in all the right places. There’s simply nothing else like it on the market.
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From the Press Release:
While fiction knows no boundaries, few writers are brave enough to buck convention’s trends and release something so dark, twisted, and psychologically draining that it will remain charred on readers’ minds for the rest of their lives.
That’s exactly what A.P. Butler does in TBK: The Butterfly Killer. It’s graphic to say the very least; yet, its departure from normality is a hallmark of Butler’s style. Even more shocking – the novel itself is based on real-world events.
“I want to literally take readers to the edge of the envelope, to stress them out in a way that will leave them feeling invigorated, stimulated, and aware that they’ve just been to a place they didn’t know a book could take them to,” explains the author, who wrote the book in just one month. “Expect to forget where the line between fact and fiction blurs as you explore everything from the depths of a killer’s mind to the real-world abuse that climbs the Catholic church’s ladder. It’s raw.”
Continuing, “In fact, the Catholic church and its rocky relationship with history forms the basis of the narrative. It’s twisted up into a cocktail that is part thriller, part murder mystery, and an addictive crime novel that uses humor in a way most writers wouldn’t dare.”
Synopsis:
TBK: The Butterfly Killer is a strange book to classify; it’s got horror, humor, suspense, politics, enormous plot twists, murder, torture, as well as a passionate love story all mixed into one gripping read. It’s so beautifully written you might mistakenly start remembering it as a movie; such is the clarity of the prose. The choice and purity of words used by Butler paint wonderfully graphic images in your mind greater than many others can.
Our protagonist, the highly functioning sociopathic serial killer Elizabeth Jane Norton, enjoys her murderous obsessions unimpeded as she manipulates society’s inequality to protect herself. Callously killing indiscriminately before selling the vital organs of her victims to fund her lifestyle, all of this changes with the arrival of a damning letter. Her hand forced — and she’s not one to take it lying down — what follows if a smorgasbord of violence and retribution stemming from a childhood of abuse and manipulation.
Accompanying Elizabeth along her odyssey of vengeful retribution, torture, murder, and reprisal are three strong-willed, but destructive personalities; each lovable and despicable at the same time. The Butterfly Killer is one of the few books that can have you in fits of laughter one moment, only to toss you into hell the next. They say a great book echoes real life, and The Butterfly Killer does that with horrific clarity and accuracy; after all, real life is never as pretty as we like to think.
Not many authors are brave or indeed skilled enough to tackle the taboos addressed within The Butterfly Killer, let alone pull it off with such effortlessness that you’ll be questioning the world you live in. Butler’s debut novel is as close to a masterpiece as you can get, an addictive narrative, characters that could be sitting next to you on the tube or train, combined with insults so original and creative the Bard himself would offer a nod of approval. To sum it all up, The Butterfly Killer is simply breathtaking!
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