Now as the secrets festering beneath the soil of the family orchard threaten to bring them all to ruin, the Benders must sharpen their craft-or vanish themselves. It’s only from those who are marked, those who travel alone and can easily disappear, that the Benders demand their pound of flesh.īut even a gifted seer like Kate can make a misstep. ALL THE BLOOD WE SHARE, my dark and twisty novel about a VERY dysfunctional family is out now in the US True crime fans will love this gruesome take on the real story of a family of murderersA horrifyingly realistic view into the minds of a serial killing family that really tormented the old West.

And why shouldn’t their family prosper? They’re careful.

No one knows about their other business, the shortcut to a better life. Based on the real life story of the Bloody Benders, a family of serial killers who operated in Labette County, Kansas from May 1871 to December 1872, Bruce draws on the scanty recorded history and the larger than life folk. Kate's messages from the Beyond give their tedious dreams hope and her mother's potions cure their little ills-for a price. Camilla Bruce’s All The Blood We Share (2023) is a unique mix of horror, true crime, western and historical novel. Something dark and twisted has taken root at the Bender Inn.Īt first the townspeople of Cherryvale welcome the rising medium Kate Bender and her family. She has a master's degree in comparative literature, and have co-run a small press that published dark fairy tales. Camilla Bruce was born in central Norway and grew up in an old forest, next to an Iron Age burial mound. The winds shift nervously on the Kansas plain whispering of travelers lost and buried, whispering of witches. Camilla currently lives in Trondheim with her son and cat. A sinister novel based on the real Bloody Benders, a family of serial killers in the old West bound by butchery and obscured by the shadows of American history.

All The Blood We Share by Camilla Bruce