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Bat Eater: Sharp, witty, GORY: The addictive Sunday Times bestselling social horror-thriller
Kylie Lee Baker
New York, True crime, Classic crime, Thriller / suspense, Horror & ghost stories, Classic horror & ghost stories, Violence in society, Crime & criminology, Street crime / gun crime
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Imprint
Hodder & Stoughton
- Trade Paperback Jan 14, 2025 | 9781399729826 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 27, 2025 | 9781399729819 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jan 7, 2025 | 9781399729840 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Hodder & Stoughton
- Trade Paperback Jan 14, 2025 | 9781399729826 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 27, 2025 | 9781399729819 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jan 7, 2025 | 9781399729840 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Hodder & Stoughton
- Trade Paperback Jan 14, 2025 | 9781399729826 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 27, 2025 | 9781399729819 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jan 7, 2025 | 9781399729840 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
BAT EATER follows a biracial woman haunted by both her own inner trauma and hungry ghosts as she's entangled in a series of murders in NYC's Chinatown. Mexican Gothic meets She is a Haunting in this sharp novel that explores harsh social edges through the lens of the horror genre.
'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.
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Praise for Bat Eater: Sharp, witty, GORY: The addictive Sunday Times bestselling social horror-thriller
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'I smashed through Bat Eater - shocking, visceral and haunted by more than ghosts: trauma, rage, grief, racism, crime scene clean ups and COVID paranoia. Bat Eater will swoop in like a bat out of hell, swallow you whole and leave no crumbs' - Alice Slater, Sunday Times bestselling author of Death of a Bookseller
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Bat Eater and Other Names For Cora Zeng possessed me from the first page and haunted me for long after the last. The visceral emotionality of Baker's writing and the specificity of New York through the Asian American experience makes for a powerful exploration of loneliness, community, and belonging in the face of hatred. Singular in every way, this book dug its claws into me and would not let go - Ling Ling Huang, author of Natural Beauty
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Unless you are Asian, you cannot know the terror and anger we felt during covid times - but Bat Eater will get you pretty close. Body horror and female rage fiction combine in a powerful novel that will leave you quaking. There has never been a hungry ghost like the one in Bat Eater - Alma Katsu, author of The Fervor
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