Dismantled

When Henry, Tess, Winnie, and Suz meet in college they form the Compassionate Dismantlers, a prank collective with a simple rule: to understand something you must take it apart. Their elaborate pranks and acts of meaningful vandalism feel thrilling and tender until Suz is found dead in the Vermont woods and the remaining Dismantlers decide to hide the truth. Nearly a decade later a Dismantler style postcard triggers a past prank victim to kill themself and sets off a chain of events that drags fear into the open and threatens Henry and Tess's fragile family, including their curious nine year old daughter Emma. Equal parts eerie psychological thriller and intimate family drama, this novel probes how secrets, guilt, and loyalty can bind people together and tear them apart.

~ Included for its unflinching exploration of chosen family, the moral weight of secrecy, and the tender ways queer communities hold one another through fear and grief ~