Bat Eater

Beschreibung

WINNER OF THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2025¿ 'Haunted, absurd, terrifying, ridiculous' GRADY HENDRIX ¿ <BR>¿ 'Essential reading from a new voice in horror' BOOKLIST ¿<BR>¿ 'Gory' PAUL TREMBLAY ¿<BR>¿ 'Swallows you whole and leaves no crumbs' ALICE SLATER ¿<BR>¿ 'One of the most exciting and unique books I've read in years' ERIC LAROCCA ¿<BR><BR>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. 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 a series of unexplained killings in Chinatown, Cora believes that someone might be targeting East Asian women, and something might be targeting Cora herself.<BR><BR>Soon, she will learn . . . you can't just ignore hungry ghosts. ¿ 'A profound reminder of the true horrors that lurk in the world' TORI BOVALINO ¿ <BR>¿ 'A serial killer mystery and a heartbreaking portrayal of grief' KIRSTY LOGAN ¿ <BR>¿ 'This book dug its claws into me and would not let go' LING LING HUANG ¿ <BR>¿ 'Body horror and female rage fiction combine in a powerful novel that will leave you quaking' ALMA KATSU ¿<BR>¿ 'A poignant, searing portrait of the hostility and violence that plagued pandemic-era NYC' VERONICA G.

HENRY ¿<BR> <BR>BAT EATER WAS A NUMBER 4 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WEEK ENDING 09/02/2025

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