An obsession with an immortal serial killer entangles a vampire hunterâs daughter in a sapphic romance in this enthralling gothic fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lucy Undying.
âGrisly and electrifying, innovating and moving . . . Kiersten White never misses.ââAllison Saft, author of A Dark and Drowning Tide
Anneke has a complicated relationship with her father, Abraham Van Helsingâdoctor, scientist, and madman devoted to the study of vampiresâuntil the night she comes home to find him murdered, with a surreally beautiful woman looming over his body. A woman who leaves no trace behind, other than the dreams and nightmares that now plague Anneke every night.
Spurred by her desire for vengeance and armed with the latest forensic and investigatory techniques, Anneke puts together a team of detectives to catch this mysterious serial killer. Because her father isnât the only inexplicable dead body. Thereâs a trail of victims across Europe, and Anneke is certain theyâre all connected.
But during the years spent relentlessly hunting the killer, Anneke keeps crucial evidence to herself: infuriatingly coy letters, addressed only to her, occasionally soaked in blood, and always signed Diavola.
The closer Anneke gets to her devil, though, the less sense the world makes. Maybe her father wasnât a madman after all. Diavola might be something much worse than a serial killer . . . and much harder to destroy. Yet as Anneke unearths more of Diavolaâs tragic past, she suspects thereâs still a heart somewhere in that undead body.
An obsession with an immortal serial killer entangles a vampire hunterâs daughter in a sapphic romance in this enthralling gothic fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lucy Undying.
âGrisly and electrifying, innovating and moving . . . Kiersten White never misses.ââAllison Saft, author of A Dark and Drowning Tide
Anneke has a complicated relationship with her father, Abraham Van Helsingâdoctor, scientist, and madman devoted to the study of vampiresâuntil the night she comes home to find him murdered, with a surreally beautiful woman looming over his body. A woman who leaves no trace behind, other than the dreams and nightmares that now plague Anneke every night.
Spurred by her desire for vengeance and armed with the latest forensic and investigatory techniques, Anneke puts together a team of detectives to catch this mysterious serial killer. Because her father isnât the only inexplicable dead body. Thereâs a trail of victims across Europe, and Anneke is certain theyâre all connected.
But during the years spent relentlessly hunting the killer, Anneke keeps crucial evidence to herself: infuriatingly coy letters, addressed only to her, occasionally soaked in blood, and always signed Diavola.
The closer Anneke gets to her devil, though, the less sense the world makes. Maybe her father wasnât a madman after all. Diavola might be something much worse than a serial killer . . . and much harder to destroy. Yet as Anneke unearths more of Diavolaâs tragic past, she suspects thereâs still a heart somewhere in that undead body.