“An exercise in finely written, relentless, all-but-unbearable horror. . . . [Pettersson is] a connoisseur of the unspeakable.”

– The Washington Post

"Summed up in four words: one twisted, horrifying ride. Vicki Pettersson’s SWERVE kept me up the night after I finished it. Her writing always holds a gritty truth, but she pulls out all the stops in this new thriller set in the Mojave Desert, sending me on a dreadlocks-tight journey of Kristine Rush's past and present, proving that childhood scars never heal, but we can survive and find strength in them. I stand haunted at Pettersson's vision of what one person can endure in the name of love, the pain another can cause in the name of the same. Perfectly terrifying.”

– Kim Harrison, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“SWERVE is a relentless, brutal thriller with breakneck pacing and heartfelt characterization. Pettersson is a prizefighter, keeping the twists coming like punches to the head, but by the novel’s end, both author and reader emerge victorious.”

– Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of TIN MEN and SNOWBLIND

“If you want a nonstop thrill ride, buckle up and hold on, because you’re about to get whiplash."

– Taylor Stevens, New York Times bestselling author of THE INFORMATIONIST and THE MASK

“SWERVE is a rolling nightmare that speeds you down bloody highways and dizzying switchbacks. A road story as dangerous as a knife hidden in your boot.”

– Richard Kadrey, New York Times bestselling author of the SANDMAN SLIM novels