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Sometimes, with sisterhood, ‘ride or die’ is literal. 

Sharp Objects meets Practical Magic in USA Today bestselling author Emma C. Wells’ WE ALREADY DUG THE GRAVE, a Southern gothic women’s fiction with teeth about estranged sisters who reunite to plot a murder…again. The tea leaves reveal magical family lore, the weight of secrets, diverging paths, and a past that won’t die in this propulsive, irresistible novel.

Authors are running to the front to recommend WE ALREADY DUG THE GRAVE: New York Times bestselling author Joshilyn Jackson says, “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,” and the queen herself, Charlaine Harris #1 New York Times bestselling author of The True Blood/Sookie Stackhouse series says, “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.”  

PRAISE FOR WE ALREADY DUG THE GRAVE

“Emma C. Wells delivers a tense psychological thriller rich in sisterhood, the supernatural, and Southern Gothic moodiness in We Already Dug the Grave. From the book's powerful first sentence, a strong cast of female characters who are both messy and fierce weave an emotionally raw story that explores the limits of loyalty and the price of betrayal.”

— DARBY KANE, #1 international bestselling author of Pretty Little Wife

“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, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The True Blood/Sookie Stackhouse Series

“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, New York Times bestselling author of Missing Sister

“Southern gothic at its finest. A haunting, twisted, beautifully creepy thriller. Emma C. Wells has done it again!”

— JENNIFER MOOREHEAD, bestselling author of Broken Bayou and Poison Wood

“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, author of Love Letters to a Serial Killer

“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, author of The Prized Girl and Haven’t Killed in Years

"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, author of Whispers of Dead Girls

Available September 8, 2026