FICTION
Released: April 10, 2012
"The story's fast pace helps it go down easy, but it's almost all empty calories."
Even protagonist Joe Ledger, hero of three previous Maberry novels (
The King of Plagues, 2011, etc.), knows that the premise of his latest adventure is totally ridiculous: Ledger scoffs at the idea of vampires with nuclear bombs, and Maberry can't quite make a convincing case for them either.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2011
"An outlandish but superfluous zombie yarn that is gruesome, imaginative and grateful to its inspirations."
A rogue scientist's experiment in revenge wreaks havoc on a rural township in Pennsylvania.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 18, 2011
"The latest from a generation of literary novelists who are erasing the distinction between art and pulp."
FICTION
Released: Oct. 4, 2011
"A practical magick horror story with a not-entirely-satisfying resolution."
Bohjalian's (Secrets of Eden, 2010, etc.) latest effort finds its dark magick in a coven of herbalists, ghosts from an air crash and the troubled history of a derelict Victorian house.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 4, 2011
"Is someone plundering the membership rolls of the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce just to get Betsy's attention? Or is the real motive even more devious? Don't worry about it; just wait for Rachael's certain return."
Just what you wanted: a werewolf spinoff to Davidson's wacky vampire series that offers serious sexy-heroine competition to Minnesota vamp queen Betsy Taylor.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2011
"Harlow's genre debut is funny, creepy and refreshingly brash."
FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2011
"Perhaps not a book to read by the seashore, if you're literal-minded. A spooky pleasure, expertly told."
Scandinavian writers dominate the police-procedural genre. Are they now bent on taking over horror? Swedish creepmeister Lindqvist is hot on the case.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 21, 2011
"Madden's debut mystery is an offbeat combination of noir and the supernatural that could appeal to a wide audience."
FICTION
Released: Sept. 20, 2011
"One wishes for a slightly--ahem--tastier and less flabby gathering. But if zombies are your cup of meat, this is just the thing."
"They sat like people asleep with their eyes open, staring, but seeing nothing." A Tea Party rally? No, no: A clutch of zombies, the stars of Penzler's (
The Vampire Archives, 2009, etc.) latest mega-anthology.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 6, 2011
"Clever and often impressive work that succeeds, mostly, in being more than a mere exercise in nostalgia."
Seventeen all-new tales emulating, or re-creating, the ambience of classic Victorian supernatural suspense.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2011
"Although killing the undead is no joke, this second entry in Jaffarian's latest series offers both humor and heart."
FICTION
Released: Aug. 30, 2011
"Is Raylene going soft? Well, she's more human and far less distinctive. Unasked, we also get fangs and bats, if not yet any capes or hissing."
Without pause for thought, Priest plunges into a sequel (
Bloodshot,
2011, etc.) featuring Seattle vampire thief Raylene Pendle that aims toward comedy and strikes flab.
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