SHEEP is a psychologically rich, high-stakes domestic noir


SHEEP:

is a character-driven psychological thriller set in 1972 New Orleans. Two women bound by allegiance navigate a moral labyrinth where loyalty can be fatal and betrayal inevitable. Gritty, atmospheric, and emotionally charged, Sheep explores how corruption seeps into the bones of family, faith, and survival — and what it costs to break free. For fans of Gillian Flynn, S.A. Cosby, and Megan Abbott, this novel is told with the intensity of a thriller and the depth of a character study, exploring how integrity erodes in a world ruled by loyalty, power, and silence.

SHEEP is a psychologically rich, high-stakes domestic noir
  • Category: Literary Fiction

  • Subcategory: Psychological Thriller / Domestic Noir

  • Comparable Tags: Literary Suspense, Upmarket Fiction, Women’s Noir, Southern Gothic

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Audience

Primary Target Reader

Women 25–55, readers of upmarket suspense and literary thrillers

  • Interested in morally gray characters and complex female leads

  • Engaged in book clubs and active on BookTok or Bookstagram

  • Enjoys gritty, emotionally layered fiction.

Secondary Audiences

  • Readers of Southern literature and domestic noir

  • Fans of character-driven crime stories

  • Academic crossover: Southern Studies, Women’s Studies, Psychological Fiction

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"What sets Sheep apart is its fusion of grit and introspection — the heart of a thriller with the depth of a character study. It doesn’t romanticize the mob; it humanizes the people caught inside of it and the corruption that sustains it."

Personal Note:

Sheep was born from long-simmering exasperation—the quiet subjugation women absorb over time — the kind woven through family, faith, and false codes we’re told to honor.

I wanted to explore the moral high-wire acts that, in storytelling, are usually reserved for men. What do loyalty or integrity even mean—or matter—when every choice is a losing hand? A familiar game to women. In truth, it became part therapy, part rebellion—an attempt to decode my family’s particular brand of dysfunction while rewriting a genre that’s long used women as props — the mob

My writing stems from deep introspection on character, coupled with themes rooted in childhood—how people learn to survive danger, silence, and betrayal long before the world sees them as such—while mastering the façade of normalcy required to go unnoticed. Rather than centering violence as spectacle, Sheep dives into the psychological web of betrayals that shape us and exposes the rot disguised as loyalty.

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