The Southern Book Clubâs Guide to Slaying Vampires
Written by Grady Hendrix
Published by Quirk Books
Genre: Vampire Horror / Southern Fiction
Release Date: April 7, 2020
Length: 408 Pages (Hardcover)
Whatâs It About?
âPatricia Campbellâs life has never felt smaller. Her husband is a workaholic, her teenage kids have their own lives, her senile mother-in-law needs constant care, and sheâs always a step behind on her endless to-do list. The only thing keeping her sane is her book club, a close-knit group of Charleston women united by their love of true crime. At these meetings, theyâre as likely to talk about the Manson family as they are about their own families.
One evening after book club, Patricia is viciously attacked by an elderly neighbor, bringing the neighbor's handsome nephew, James Harris, into her life. James is well-traveled and well-read, and he makes Patricia feel things she hasnât felt in years. But when children on the other side of town go missing, their deaths written off by local police, Patricia has reason to believe James Harris is more of a Bundy than a Brad Pitt. The real problem? James is a monster of a different kindâand Patricia has already invited him in.Â
Little by little, James will insinuate himself into Patriciaâs life and try to take everything she took for grantedâincluding the book clubâbut she wonât surrender without a fight in this blood-soaked tale of neighborly kindness gone wrong.â â Quirk Books
Why You Should Check It Out
Award-winning novelist Grady Hendrix has written a bevy of popular books, including HORRORSTĂR (about a haunted IKEA), MY BEST FRIEND'S EXORCISM, which is essentially BEACHES meets THE EXORCIST, and WE SOLD OUR SOULS, a heavy metal horror epic. He's also the author of PAPERBACKS FROM HELL, a history of the horror paperback boom of the â70s and â80s, and screenwriter of fright flicks like MOHAWK and the FANGORIA-produced SATANIC PANIC.
His new book, THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUBâS GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES, is FRIGHT NIGHT meets STEEL MAGNOLIAS â an extremely entertaining (and often unnerving) page-turner that will delight horror fans looking for something new to sink their teeth into. The setting â Charleston, South Carolina in the â90s â is so accurately captured by Hendrix that reading the authorâs words is akin to time travel. Itâs clear that Hendrix has a genuine affection for this setting and the fantastic, fully-realized characters that inhabit it. You know these underappreciated women. You know their overbearing husbands. And you know that beneath the sophisticated charm of Southern living there is something sinister â an ancient evil thatâs always hungry; that takes and takes until thereâs nothing left.
THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUBâS GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES is funny, warm, and filled with laughs, and yet itâs genuinely creepy and disturbing too. There are a couple of sequences â one involving rats, another with cockroaches â that legit almost made me hurl. This Southern-flavored supernatural thriller is perhaps the best vampire story Iâve invited into my life since the 2008 Swedish film LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. If youâre looking for something to read during quarantine, look no further! After reading Hendrixâs latest, I have a feeling youâll find yourself consuming his entire bibliography.
THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUBâS GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES is now available at Amazon in hardcover, audiobook, and Kindle eBook.
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