Bat Eater
Sharp, witty, GORY: The addictive Sunday Times bestselling social horror-thriller
By Kylie Lee Baker
Harry Hartog's review
Bloody sensational. Cora’s paranoia feels like its own gripping, propulsive character, while pace is masterfully played with. At turns splintering, then slow-burning, and with a back half that screeches skyward. This contemporary horror picks at our cultural scabs and shoves the reader’s comfort in front of oncoming trains. In the way of the best books, there’s nothing magical or mysterious about the most haunting and horrifying things in this book. - Maddi, Harry Hartog Maroochydore
Description
'Essential reading from a new voice in horror' BOOKLIST
'Gory' PAUL TREMBLAY
'Bat Eater will swoop in like a bat out of hell, swallow you whole and leave no crumbs' ALICE SLATER
'Easily one of the most exciting and unique books I've read in years' ERIC LAROCCA
Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner. But the bloody messes don't bother her, not when she's already witnessed the most horrific thing possible: her sister being pushed in front of a train.
But the killer was never caught, and Cora is still haunted by his last words: bat eater.
These days, nobody can reach Cora: not her aunt who wants her to prepare for the Hungry Ghost Festival, not her weird colleagues, and especially not the slack-jawed shadow lurking around her doorframe. After all, it can't be real - can it?
After a series of unexplained killings in Chinatown, Cora believes that someone might be targeting East Asian women, and something might be targeting Cora herself.
Soon, she will learn . . . you can't just ignore hungry ghosts.
- ISBN:
- 9781399729826
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 304
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Imprint:
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Weight:
- 376 g