PRETTY DEAD THINGS

Everyone says Briar’s mother killed four husbands… and her own daughter. Now Briar’s home, and she’s about to find out if the rumors are true.

When Briar comes home to her family’s sprawling estate for her sister's funeral, she’s not planning on staying long—just get through the service and leave before her mother can sink her claws in again. Instead, she finds a note in her sister’s handwriting:

She’s not who you think.
You’re next.

Briar has spent years rebuilding her life—therapy, a purpose-driven career, and distance from her famous mother: a narcissistic control freak who cares more about appearances than her own daughters. But the second Briar steps back into her childhood home, the past comes rushing back.

Because her sister didn’t drown by accident. Briar knows that now.
And if she’s right, the person responsible is still close enough to kiss her cheek at the funeral.

Now Briar is determined to uncover the truth. Even if it kills her.

PRETTY DEAD THINGS is Liv Lowry's debut novel, a Southern gothic thriller about generational trauma and the dark secrets families hide behind closed doors.