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The novel “The Butterfly Garden,” published in the United States in 2016, literally blew up the Amazon ratings, confidently and for a long time becoming the No. 1 bestseller of this largest book market. It became clear to readers: a new star has risen on the horizon of action-packed literature, comparable in talent to such masters of the genre as Thomas Harris, John Fowles and David Baldacci... These girls know him only as the Gardener - the man who kidnapped them and settled them here, in a mysterious garden under a glass dome with shady trees and beautiful flowers, a stream and a waterfall. But for them this place is not heaven, but pure hell. And they don’t forget for a second: their life is short, like the life of the butterflies tattooed on their backs, and can end at any moment. And how long they are allotted to live, only the Gardener decides... About the book:

An FBI special group is “covering” a mansion with a luxurious garden, well hidden from prying eyes. Outlandish flowers, shady trees, vines, a cave and a waterfall - all this seems like a corner of paradise. But for its inhabitants - two dozen girls with butterflies tattooed on their backs - this garden turned into a real hell. The charming inhabitants settled here not of their own free will - they were kidnapped and brought here by a man whom all his victims know only under the name Gardener. And he is free to dispose of the lives of his “butterflies” as he pleases: beauty, according to the Gardener, is short-lived, and therefore none of the girls grow older than twenty-one years. But even after death, each “butterfly” remained the property of its captor and tormentor. He enclosed the bodies of dead girls in special glass vessels and filled them with transparent resin so that the pattern of wings on the back could be fully seen. The gardener wanted to possess the beauty of his slaves even after their death. However, FBI agents still do not have enough information to restore the complete picture of the maniac’s crimes. They try to get one of the surviving “butterflies” named Maya to talk. But she turns out to be a tough nut to crack, and the success of the whole business will depend on how much the agents can reach mutual understanding with her. For whom:

For fans of action-packed thrillers, when psychological tension remains at a maximum throughout the entire narrative. Behind the laconic external form - the novel is built in the form of an interrogation of the kidnapper's victim - the pain and fear, despair and hatred of the kidnapped girls are revealed, forcing the reader to experience truly strong emotions. About the author: Dot Hutchison is an American writer, author of the novels “The Wounded Name”, “The Butterfly Garden” " and "Roses of May". She worked at a Boy Scout camp, a craft store, a bookstore, a theater, and a Renaissance festival. Since 2011, he has been maintaining a blog with reviews of books he has read. The novel “The Butterfly Garden” was published in the United States in 2016, confidently and for a long time becoming the No. 1 bestseller on Amazon.