"We're all made of stories, past and present. But the future relies on our choices. And my choice? Blood. Dizzying, bedazzling blood in all its sickening glory."

Some lies are better left as truth.

Elliott Clairmont's mother murdered a man when he was three. Ever since then, their lives in Paris have been filled with deceit, murder, lies . . . but also a strong mother-son bond. As Elliott gets older, Lucy Clairmont teaches her son two important skills: tarot reading and serial killing.

When his mother is murdered, though, twelve-year-old Elliott sets off on a quest to find his true history. His journey to the United States reveals truths and many lies about who he really is.

Feeling lost and alone in America, Elliott eventually sets on a path to secure his family's sordid legacy and to follow what he deems is his sinister purpose. Will he finish his family's stained quilt of stories, or will the law catch up with him before he can carry out his master plan?

From USA Today bestseller L. A. Detwiler comes a harrowing story of loyalty, lies, and grisly murders. Stephen King meets East of Eden in this serial killer family saga.