Karenlee Thompson

Karenlee Thompson is an Australian-born writer of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Author of a bushfire-themed collection of short fictions (Flame Tip), her work has been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies in Australia and overseas. She wrote commissioned art pieces for MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), and was shortlisted for a number of prizes, including The Tasmanian Writers Prize, the Scottish Arts Trust, and the Hal Porter. Karenlee has a degree in Journalism and English Literature.

A two-book deal with Sourcebooks LLC, USA, will see Karenlee’s first crime thriller, Sister, Butcher, Sister released in 2025.

Karenlee’s crime/thriller books are to be released under the pseudonym KD Aldyn, quite separate from her upmarket/literary fiction.

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Sourcebooks USA recently scheduled You Girls Play Nice by Karenlee Thompson writing as K D Aldyn for publication June 2026, but have a look here and here for information meanwhile.

FOUR FRIENDS. FOUR PLANS FOR REVENGE. ONE SECRET KILLER.

When Helen Wyatt is brutally murdered, her four best friends anxiously wait in the courtroom to ensure justice is served. But when her attacker is acquitted of all charges, the women
decide on revenge.

Hypothetically, of course.

The friends host a girls’ night, each presenting a different way they would kill the culprit to avenge Helen. It’s a silly thing, a way to ease their grief. Until a murder is discovered that
mirrors one of their imagined killings. Then another. What started as a cathartic exercise soon ends in carnage, with suspicion quickly falling on the four friends.

Someone has discovered their secrets. And now, the women will have to hunt down the person framing them for murder. Or, even more chillingly, question who among them may be
capable of being a killer themselves …

ISBN-13: 978-1-4642-3666-2

“A wicked exploration of female rage… Revenge has never tasted so sweet.”
DANIEL G. MILLER, USA Today bestselling author of The Red Letter

Precise and unflinching, laced with dark humor and mounting dread. This book is uncomfortable in all the right ways.”
CARTER WILSON, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of Tell Me What You Did

Twisted and vicious, Aldyn’s story will have you screaming ‘good for her’ until the very last page.”
SARATOGA SCHAEFER, author of Serial Killer Support Grou

“A dark, twisted work of feminine rage, You Girls Play Nice asks a simple question: How far would you go to avenge a friend? And what if that’s not far enough?”
STACEY GREY, author of She Didn’t Stand a Chance

“Don’t miss this gut-wrenching, heart-slamming revenge fantasy, served with a devious twist!”
STACY JOHNS, author of What Remains of Teague House

Sister Butcher Sister by Karenlee Thompson writing as K D Aldyn was published by Sourcebooks USA on 3^rd June 2025 and is now available in all the usual places.

The chilling prose of Karin Slaughter meets the high-stakes plotting of The Butcher and the Wren in a dark debut following three normal sisters, their own forgotten traumas, and the serial killer that lives within one, begging the question: can you ever truly recognize the evil around you?

Three sisters. One killer. Which one is SHE?

The Rowling sisters have always been people you can understand – with partners and children, homes and dreams. And secrets, the sisters have those too. But when Kate, the eldest, finally returns to buy her late grandfather’s home, the dark things each sister has kept buried soon rise to the surface.

Is Kate having unexplained visions tied to a past she can hardly recall? Is Aurora, the married mother of two, finally acting out in the face of her sisters’ indiscretions? Is Peggy, the youngest and a recovering addict, able to move on from the memories that haunt her?

And then there’s SHE.

SHE is one of them, but SHE is not like them at all. SHE is defined only by the carnage she lets the world see, the murders that have swept through their coastal community. And as the police close in on their newest serial killer, scrutiny lands on the Rowlings, forcing them to face their demons and reveal all they have kept hidden.

ISBN: 9781464236631

ASIN ‏: ‎ B0DJRPXLBN (eBook)