Lullaby and Goodnight cover

Lullaby and Goodnight

by Dean T. Hughes

An account of the crime of Darci Pierce describes how her obsession to have a child drove her to strangle a pregnant woman in the mountains of New Mexico and then perform a crude Caesarian section on her with a car key.

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?