On the Savage Side

Six women - mothers, daughters, sisters - gone missing.

Inspired by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this is the story of
two sisters, both of whom could be the next victims.

Arcade and Daffodil are twin sisters born one minute apart. With their fiery
red hair and thirst for an escape, they form an unbreakable bond nurtured by
their grandmother's stories. Together they disappear into their imagination
and forge a world where a patch of grass reveals an archaeologist's dig, the
smoke emerging from the local paper mill becomes the dust rising from wild
horses galloping deep beneath the earth, and an abandoned 1950s convertible
transforms into a time machine that can take them anywhere.

But no matter how hard they try, Arc and Daffy can't escape the generational
ghosts that haunt their family. And so, left to fend for themselves in the
shadow of their rural Ohio town, the two sisters cling tight to one another.

Years later, as the sisters wrestle with the memories of their early life, a
local woman is discovered dead in the river. Soon, more bodies are left
floating in the water, and as the killer circles ever closer, Arc's promise to
keep herself and her sister safe becomes increasingly desperate - and the
powerful riptide of the savage side more difficult to survive.

Drawing from the true story of women killed in Chillicothe, Ohio, acclaimed
novelist and poet Tiffany McDaniel has written a moving literary testament and
fearless elegy for missing women everywhere.


PRAISE FOR TIFFANY McDANIEL'S BETTY
'A coming-of-age story filled with magic in language and plot' Observer
'Breahtaking' Vogue
'I felt consumed by this book. I loved it, you will love it' Daisy Johnson
'A page-turning Appalachian coming-of-age story told in undulating prose that
settles right into you' Naoise Dolan
'Vivid and lucid, Betty has stayed with me' Kiran Millwood Hargrave