A sinister novel about a family of serial killers bound by butchery, forgotten in the shadows of American history, and lead by two women hungry for their due.The winds shift nervously on the Kansas plain, whispering of travelers lost and buried. Something dark and twisted has taken root at the Bender Inn.At first the townspeople of Cherryvale welcomed Katie Bender and her family. Her charms gave them hope, her mother's potions cured their ills, but their gifts have done little to stop the mysterious disappearances blighting the county. Now as secrets rot and fester beneath the soil of the family orchard mother and daughter must sharpen their craft-or vanish themselves.Story Locale: 1870s Kansas