On the Savage Side : A novel

Contents Cover Other Titles Title Page Copyright Contents Dedication Epigraph Prologue Part I Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Part II Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Part III Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Part IV Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Part V Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Part VI Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Part VII Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Part VIII Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Part IX Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Chapter 49 Chapter 50 Chapter 51 Chapter 52 Acknowledgments A Note About the Author Landmarks Cover Cover Title Page Contents Start Copyright Print Page List b i iii iv v 1 3 5 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 115 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 133 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 155 157 158 159 160 161 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 189 191 192 193 194 195 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 275 277 278 279 280 
 
 
 
 
 also by tiffany mcdaniel
 Betty
 The Summer That Melted Everything
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 this is a borzoi book published by alfred a. knopf
 Copyright © 2023 by Tiffany McDaniel
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 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
 Names: McDaniel, Tiffany, author.
 Title: On the savage side: a novel / Tiffany McDaniel.
 Description: First Edition. | New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
 Identifiers: LCCN 2022019978 (print) | LCCN 2022019979 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593320709 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593315125 (paperback) | ISBN 9780593320716 (ebook) | ISBN 9781524712433 (export edition)
 Subjects: LCGFT: Mystery fiction. | Novels.
 Classification: LCC PS3613.C38683 O5 2022 (print) | LCC PS3613.C38683 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23
 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2022019978
 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2022019979
 Ebook ISBN 9780593320716
 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, 
 Contents
 
 Cover
 Also by Tiffany McDaniel
 Title Page
 Copyright
 Dedication
 Epigraph
 
 
 Prologue
 
 
 Part I
 
 Chapter 1
 
 
 Chapter 2
 
 
 Chapter 3
 
 
 Chapter 4
 
 
 Chapter 5
 
 
 Chapter 6
 
 
 Chapter 7
 
 
 Chapter 8
 
 
 
 Part II
 
 Chapter 9
 
 
 Chapter 10
 
 
 Chapter 11
 
 
 Chapter 12
 
 
 Chapter 13
 
 
 Chapter 14
 
 
 
 Part III
 
 Chapter 15
 
 
 Chapter 16
 
 
 Chapter 17
 
 
 Chapter 18
 
 
 
 Part IV
 
 Chapter 19
 
 
 Chapter 20
 
 
 Chapter 21
 
 
 
 Part V
 
 Chapter 22
 
 
 Chapter 23
 
 
 Chapter 24
 
 
 Chapter 25
 
 
 Chapter 26
 
 
 Chapter 27
 
 
 Chapter 28
 
 
 Chapter 29
 
 
 
 Part VI
 
 Chapter 30
 
 
 Chapter 31
 
 
 
 Part VII
 
 Chapter 32
 
 
 Chapter 33
 
 
 Chapter 34
 
 
 Chapter 35