Sing Her Down: A Novel

Urgent, haunting, and fearless.” -Megan Abbott, author of Beware the Woman”Sing Her Down hits like a shotgun blast.” -Dennis Lehane, author of Small MerciesCormac McCarthy meets Killing Eve in this gritty, razor-sharp thriller following two indelible women on a path to certain destructionWith blistering, incisive prose, the award-winning author Ivy Pochoda delivers a fast-paced L.A. crime novel for the ages. Gripping and immersive, Sing Her Down is a spellbinding thriller that, at its core, shows just what an angry woman is capable of.Florence “Florida” Baum is not the hapless innocent she claims to be when she arrives at the Arizona women’s prison-or so her ex-cellmate Diosmary Sandoval keeps insinuating.Dios knows the truth about Florida’s crimes, understands what Florence hides even from herself: that she was never a victim of circumstance, an unlucky bystander misled by a bad man. Dios knows that darkness lives in women too, despite the world’s refusal to see it. And she is determined to open Florida’s eyes and unleash her true self.When an unexpected reprieve gives both women their freedom, Dios’s fixation on Florida turns into a dangerous obsession, and a deadly cat-and-mouse chase ensues from Arizona to the desolate streets of Los Angeles