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We Already Dug the Grave

(2026)
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"This is the kind of book readers love to devour." — Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Buckle up for a deep South hell-ride...with a pair of sisters I rooted for all the way down." — Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author

From the USA Today bestselling author of This Girl's a Killer, comes a southern gothic thriller with the bite of Sharp Objects and a dash of Practical Magic, following two estranged sisters who will do anything to protect each other – even murder. Again.

Milly can't divine the future anymore, and maybe that's a good thing. Lately, her life has been bleak enough, she doesn't need the now-silent tea leaves to tell her. Meanwhile, her estranged younger sister thrives miles away in a shiny new life with a shiny new marriage. Milly doesn't blame Francis for wanting nothing to do with her. Not after what happened in that Tennessee meadow a decade before.

But when Francis shows up on Milly's doorstep with a black eye and a plea for help – Milly can't say no. Especially when the tea leaves are finally crystal clear: if the sisters don't kill Francis's husband, he'll kill her.

And if they're going to plot a murder, the sisters have no choice but to return to the one place they'd left behind. A place where another body – and a multitude of secrets – were buried. Because this isn't the first time the sisters have needed to dispose of a bad man. In fact, they might be pretty good at it.


Genre: Mystery

Praise for this book

"I absolutely inhaled We Already Dug the Grave in two poolside sittings, and not even the hot summer sun could fight my creeping sense of dread. Wells' delivers a witchy southern gothic setting which lends itself perfectly to Milly and Francis - sisters who bury bodies together and keep their secrets firmly to themselves." - Marlee Bush

"We Already Dug the Grave is Southern Gothic for the contemporary era, perfect for fans of Practical Magic. There are tea leaves intermixed with Instagram posts. There's a little bit of magic, vigilante aunts, two sisters, and a slew of deaths. However you like your tea served, this book has something for you." - Tasha Coryell

"An absolutely inescapable thrill ride from the first body to the last! Two sisters so complex that I was whole-heartedly rooting for them through each and every devastating reveal and new gruesome undertaking. I couldn't put this one down." - Amy K Green

"This is the kind of book readers love to devour: family secrets, people trying to escape their predetermined roles, and a good dash of the supernatural all blended together in a story that's ultimately about love and loyalty." - Charlaine Harris

"Emma C Wells expertly writes the exact kind of women I love to read about: mouthy and unreliable with razor-sharp wit and plenty of secrets. Buckle up for a deep South hell-ride through a twisted past while careening off the cliff of a precarious future with a pair of sisters I rooted for all the way down. Loved it." - Joshilyn Jackson

"We Already Dug the Grave is southern gothic at its finest. A haunting, twisted, beautifully creepy thriller. Emma C. Wells has done it again!" - Jennifer Moorhead


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