The Butcher Legacy
A Dr. Wren Muller Novel
The thrilling third novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dr. Wren Muller series from Alaina Urquhart
9781638933403
English
384
Hardcover
August 11, 2026
5.5 x 8.25
Two months after the life-altering events of The Butcher Game, Wren is back in the place she knows best: the New Orleans morgue. She buries herself in routine, surrounded by both familiar and new company, John Leroux and Maya Rodriguez, trying to convince herself that normalcy can be rebuilt. But in the weeks leading up to Halloween, shadows begin to move again as young girls vanish in both cities where Jeremy Rose once ran rampant.
Hundreds of miles away, the pastor to a close-knit congregation in Massachusetts, Philip Trudeau, is back behind the pulpit. But beneath his practiced composure lies something sinister—gruesome secrets and a hunger that did not die when Jeremy was caged.
With Jeremy behind bars and Philip suddenly nowhere to be found, Wren and Leroux must mobilize, and this twisted triangle clashes at every turn. The Butcher Legacy is a relentless, page-turning descent into the dark.
“The Doctor Wren Muller saga continues apace with The Butcher Legacy, which builds on the characters and relationships laid in The Butcher and the Wren and The Butcher Game. Urquhart’s real-life expertise and clear, clean prose combine to create an intense serial-killer chiller that is shocking and twisty yet also grounded in the realities of homicide investigation. Fans of Doctor Muller should devour it.”