"A love letter to Hitchcock and Highsmith, fueled by women's rage. Once you start you won't be able to stop." -- Hayley Scrivenor
"Grieving women sign up for Strangers on a Train-style revenge in this brisk spine-tingler from Kovacic" -- Publishers Weekly
Mia's grief counselling practice, The Pleiades, is named for the seven sisters from Greek mythology who were the companions of the Goddess of the Hunt--and who, in some stories, die of grief or are killed to be saved from attackers.
Mia has been gathering broken women together for a radical form of group therapy. Amy. Gabrielle. Katy. Brooke. Olivia. Five women crippled with grief by the murders of their sisters--and seething with rage that the partners who killed them all walk free. She just needs one more.
When Mia meets Naomi, she knows she has found the perfect candidate, but Naomi is resistant. She only needs to meet the others before she realizes that they, too, are consumed with desire for hands-on revenge. Under Mia's guidance, the women devise a plan to heal themselves. They'll take back their lives from the men who took their sisters. The premise is satisfyingly simple: I'll kill yours if you kill mine...
Katherine Kovacic was a veterinarian but preferred training and having fun with dogs to taking their temperatures. She returned to study and earned an MA, followed by a PhD in Art History. Katherine spends her spare time writing, dancing and teaching other people's dogs to ride skateboards.
Her first book, The Portrait of Molly Dean, was shortlisted for a Ned Kelly Award for best first fiction. In addition to Molly Dean, Katherine is also the author of Painting in the Shadows, The Shifting Landscape and, most recently, The Schoolgirl Strangler (Bonnier Australia and UK). Seven Sisters is her fourth work of fiction.