Description
The stunning, darkly thrilling follow-up to the acclaimed Blood Like Mine, one of the New York Times Best Horror Books of 2024 and shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award 2025.
YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOUR FAMILY . . . EVEN IF THEY ARE MONSTERS.
Rebecca Carter is back from the dead. Lost and terrified, she is gripped by two desperate urges - to find her daughter, and to sate her ravenous hunger.
Alone in the wild, Monica Carter survives on whatever small prey she can hunt down. But she needs more. One night, drawn by the maddening scent of human blood, she encounters two young brothers, who call to her as Moonflower and tell her that if she comes with them, they will keep her safe.
But Jacob and Willard Hendry are not what they seem. They know all about dying and disappearing - after all, it's been almost three decades since they did the same.
Rebecca's hope for a reunion with her daughter turns to terror when she realizes that the brothers aren't like Moonflower - they chose to be what they are, relishing the slaughter, and they are leaving an increasingly bloody trail in their wake.
But as she chases them west, she isn't alone on the road. FBI agent Sarah McGrath, haunted by the death of her partner Marc Donner moments after he killed Rebecca, is hot on her tail. McGrath wants answers, and she will stop at nothing to get them. But she never expected them to come from a shadowy figure within the Bureau . . .
Don't miss this pulse-pounding, spine-chilling journey into the dark, perfect for fans of Let the Right One In and Stephen King.
About the Author
Stuart Neville's debut novel, The Twelve (published in the USA as The Ghosts of Belfast), won the Mystery/Thriller category of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was picked as one of the top crime novels of 2009 by both the New York Times and the LA Times. He has since published ten more critically acclaimed books, two of which were under the pen name Haylen Beck, and a collection of short stories. He has been shortlisted for several awards, including the MWA Edgar Award for Best Novel, the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, the Barry, Macavity, and Dilys awards, and the Irish Book Awards Crime Novel of the Year.
Reviews
PRAISE FOR BLOOD LIKE MINE:
'Stuart Neville at his considerable best . . . This is a book you will not forget in a hurry and which will leave you hungry for the next instalment' MARK BILLINGHAM
'Blood Like Mine is one of those books that once you read the first few pages, you simply cannot put it back down' STEVE CAVANAGH
'Beautiful and dark as all hell . . . Original, terrifying and horrifically tense. This book is your next obsession (and Neville might well be Stephen King's rightful heir)' WILL DEAN
'Thrilling, heartbreaking, and completely compelling. My heart was in my throat the whole time' ALEX NORTH
'Bravo Stuart Neville! Utterly brilliant' LIZ NUGENT
'Stuart Neville at his very, very best - this book grabs your heart and doesn't let go' RUTH WARE
'What a book! Exciting, propulsive and vivid. A thriller with real bite' MARK EDWARDS
Book Information
ISBN 9781398528154
Author Stuart Neville
Format Paperback
Page Count 480
Imprint Simon & Schuster Ltd
Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOUR FAMILY . . . EVEN IF THEY ARE MONSTERS.
Rebecca Carter is back from the dead. Lost and terrified, she is gripped by two desperate urges - to find her daughter, and to sate her ravenous hunger.
Alone in the wild, Monica Carter survives on whatever small prey she can hunt down. But she needs more. One night, drawn by the maddening scent of human blood, she encounters two young brothers, who call to her as Moonflower and tell her that if she comes with them, they will keep her safe.
But Jacob and Willard Hendry are not what they seem. They know all about dying and disappearing - after all, it's been almost three decades since they did the same.
Rebecca's hope for a reunion with her daughter turns to terror when she realizes that the brothers aren't like Moonflower - they chose to be what they are, relishing the slaughter, and they are leaving an increasingly bloody trail in their wake.
But as she chases them west, she isn't alone on the road. FBI agent Sarah McGrath, haunted by the death of her partner Marc Donner moments after he killed Rebecca, is hot on her tail. McGrath wants answers, and she will stop at nothing to get them. But she never expected them to come from a shadowy figure within the Bureau . . .
Don't miss this pulse-pounding, spine-chilling journey into the dark, perfect for fans of Let the Right One In and Stephen King.
About the Author
Stuart Neville's debut novel, The Twelve (published in the USA as The Ghosts of Belfast), won the Mystery/Thriller category of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was picked as one of the top crime novels of 2009 by both the New York Times and the LA Times. He has since published ten more critically acclaimed books, two of which were under the pen name Haylen Beck, and a collection of short stories. He has been shortlisted for several awards, including the MWA Edgar Award for Best Novel, the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, the Barry, Macavity, and Dilys awards, and the Irish Book Awards Crime Novel of the Year.
Reviews
PRAISE FOR BLOOD LIKE MINE:
'Stuart Neville at his considerable best . . . This is a book you will not forget in a hurry and which will leave you hungry for the next instalment' MARK BILLINGHAM
'Blood Like Mine is one of those books that once you read the first few pages, you simply cannot put it back down' STEVE CAVANAGH
'Beautiful and dark as all hell . . . Original, terrifying and horrifically tense. This book is your next obsession (and Neville might well be Stephen King's rightful heir)' WILL DEAN
'Thrilling, heartbreaking, and completely compelling. My heart was in my throat the whole time' ALEX NORTH
'Bravo Stuart Neville! Utterly brilliant' LIZ NUGENT
'Stuart Neville at his very, very best - this book grabs your heart and doesn't let go' RUTH WARE
'What a book! Exciting, propulsive and vivid. A thriller with real bite' MARK EDWARDS
Book Information
ISBN 9781398528154
Author Stuart Neville
Format Paperback
Page Count 480
Imprint Simon & Schuster Ltd
Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
