The investigators are frustrated with Maya because she is answering their questions by not giving direct answers, and the needed information is coming out too slowly. Groups of girls called “butterflies” were kidnapped, renamed, and held captive in a garden and marked with large, intricate tattoos of butterflies on their backs. They want to know what went on there, the real identity of the captives, who The Gardener was.

I was hanging on every word, waiting for any little droplet of information so I could find out the answers to the questions that I had.Īs the book begins, Maya is being questioned by investigators about the Butterfly Garden. The way that the story is written begged me to keep going, keep going. Honestly, I’m unnerved at how captivated I was while I was reading and by how I just couldn’t stop clicking the pages on my Kindle. I’m surprised that I made it through The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison because this is one of the most disturbing things that I’ve ever read. But the more she shares, the more the agents have to wonder what she’s still hiding. But the girl, known only as Maya, proves to be a puzzle herself.Īs her story twists and turns, slowly shedding light on life in the Butterfly Garden, Maya reveals old grudges, new saviors, and horrific tales of a man who’d go to any length to hold beauty captive. FBI agents Victor Hanoverian and Brandon Eddison are tasked with piecing together one of the most stomach-churning cases of their careers. When the garden is discovered, a survivor is brought in for questioning. Overseeing it all is the Gardener, a brutal, twisted man obsessed with capturing and preserving his lovely specimens. In this garden grow luscious flowers, shady trees…and a collection of precious “butterflies”-young women who have been kidnapped and intricately tattooed to resemble their namesakes. Near an isolated mansion lies a beautiful garden. Published by Thomas & Mercer on June 1, 2016īuy from Amazon| Buy from Barnes & Noble| Buy from Book Depository

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