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Meat Bees

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Pub Date Aug 04 2026 | Archive Date Mar 30 2026

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Description

Jaws with wasps.

By the time Scarlett Sutton arrives at her dad’s cabin in the Smoky Mountains, two locals have already been eaten alive by wasps. Of course, she doesn’t know this yet. All Scarlett knows is her mom finally checked herself into a hospital to take care of her mental health, leaving Scarlett alone with her dad all summer.

After he insists that she get a job, Scarlett accepts a position at nearby Stovetop Outfitters, hoping to spend as much time away from him as possible. She doesn’t expect to trip over a skeletonized corpse beneath the zip-line during one of her shifts—and definitely doesn’t expect to be thrown into a Netflix-style true crime investigation.

The local sheriff’s department is so overwhelmed by these unsolved deaths that when one of the Stovetop Outfitters employees disappears next, Scarlett and her co-workers set out to find him on their own. They discover something much more horrifying: a swarm of yellow jackets stripping the meat off his body. Scarlett never signed up to solve a disgusting mystery, but in order to protect her friends and family, she must defeat the mountain’s darkness and all these godforsaken wasps.

Jaws with wasps.

By the time Scarlett Sutton arrives at her dad’s cabin in the Smoky Mountains, two locals have already been eaten alive by wasps. Of course, she doesn’t know this yet. All Scarlett...


Advance Praise

"Meat Bees gets its stinger in right off the bat and refuses to let go. A wild ride that’s as much about growing up and messy relationships as it is about mayhem, with characters that feel fully alive (even when things get deadly). Erbach sticks the landing on every front, from voice to vibe to sheer imagination. This is one of those books you don’t want to miss!" —V.S. Lawrence, author of 80s Ghosts and With Friends Like These

"Meat Bees gets its stinger in right off the bat and refuses to let go. A wild ride that’s as much about growing up and messy relationships as it is about mayhem, with characters that feel fully...


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EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781968043056
PRICE $21.95 (USD)
PAGES 284

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