Set against the Mojave Desert and Las Vegas, Chloe Lauter‘s debut novel, The Flayed Man, blends horror, dark fantasy, and family drama into a gripping story of survival and sacrifice. Ellis Karsten spends her days caring for patients in the emergency room and her nights searching for blood to keep her family’s monstrous curse at bay. But when her uncle disappears and her mother’s worsening dementia becomes entangled with terrifying warnings about an ancient creature known as the Flayed Man, Ellis must confront the possibility that the greatest threat to her family is no myth at all.
We asked Lauter to answer our recurring My Reading Life Q&A so readers can get to know the books that shaped her life and influenced her writing.
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