Follow the Butterfly (Pushkin Vertigo)

By: Martta Kaukonen

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Synopsis: THE HIT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Two brilliant women—a serial killer and her therapist—play &“a brilliant game of cat and mouse&” in this twisty psychological thriller for fans of Ruth Ware and Alex Michaelides (The Times)It all started with a telephone call. It was the first time I heard Ida&’s voice, just a faint whisper, as though she were calling from beyond the grave.Renowned therapist Clarissa Virtanen is not afraid to look at the darkest side of humanity. Haunted by the death of a young patient, she will do whatever it takes to save the most vulnerable.But when Ida – angry, damaged and seemingly suicidal – walks into her office, Clarissa may have met her match. For Ida has secrets.Murderous secrets, which mark her like a bloodstain. Secrets which drive her to kill. And kill again.Somehow, Clarissa must find the key to unlock her past. So she makes a bargain with Ida - six months to try and stop her taking her own life. But what if she has entered a game more deadly, and more evil, than she could ever imagine? Don&’t miss this dark and twisty psychological thriller featuring a face-off between 2 women that's overlain with a sense of poignancy about damaged lives, the power of the imagination to trick–and protect–us, and the passage of time.