The story, narrated by a man who may or may not be a serial killer, compels you to keep turning the pages all the way to its shocking and satisfying end.' -Christina Baker Kline, author of Orphan Train 'A provocative and modern take on the historical crime novel, Savage Girl reveals the dark and twisted side of the 'civilized' class of the Gilded Age. Zimmerman's settings spring off the page.Immensely readable, Savage Girl takes the reader by the throat and doesn't let go.' - ALA Booklist 'The prologue of Zimmerman's superior historical thriller will suck most readers in instantly.Zimmerman keeps the truth hidden until the end, combining suspense with an unsettling look into a tormented mind.' - Publishers Weekly 'Zimmerman offers a fanciful and occasionally surreal take on a Gilded Age New York that is reminiscent of Caleb Carr's The Alienist or even Edgar Allen Poe.' - Library Journal 'A richly detailed 19th-century murder mystery and a fresh gloss on the Pygmalion fable, all in one. I simply could not put down this this tale of sweet and painful love, of a savage girl and her encounter with modernity.' -Da Chen, author of My Last Empress, Praise for Savage Girl 'A formal, measured tempo only heightens the tension in Zimmerman's second historical fiction-cum-thriller.Zimmerman's dark comedy of manners is an obvious homage to Edith Wharton, a rip-roaring murder mystery more Robert Louis Stevenson than Conan Doyle and a wonderfully detailed portrait of the political, economic and philosophical issues driving post-Civil War America.' - Kirkus Reviews 'Suffused with a gothic aura of dark suspense, this is a finely wrought psychological work, rich with historical detail. Jean Zimmerman does all that and more in her elegantly written new novel.

Filled with fascinating and unexpected details, this absorbing tale will draw you deep into the lives of its engrossing characters as it lures you to its startling end.' -Koethi Zan, author of The Never List 'The best historical fiction brings the reader back to a bygone era and the depth of humanity then. Praise for Savage Girl 'A richly detailed 19th-century murder mystery and a fresh gloss on the Pygmalion fable, all in one.

Savage Girl by Jean Zimmerman