"Provocative and profound, this exquisitely unique horror story of discrimination, murder, and ghosts during the Covid pandemic deserves to fly and has been chosen as a LoveReading Star Book. "
It’s almost too easy to describe this spine-tingling, provocative and powerful novel as horror, as this is a read that encourages thought while it sends a thunderbolt of shock through emotions. It reaches inside and pulls out the darker side of humanity, the side that is capable of hatred, murder, discrimination, and yet it touches joy, caresses love, and tickles laughter.
As Covid hits Chinatown in New York, Cora finds herself cleaning up crime scenes and re-lives the moment her sister was pushed in front of a train. As she and her colleagues realise East Asian women are being targeted by a killer, the month of the Hungry Ghost Festival arrives. Author Kylie Lee Baker writes with the most beautiful balance, at no point do the scales tip too far in one direction.
This story feels real even as the fantastical roam the streets, it’s intimate as Cora lives inside her thoughts, it sits on an epic scale as Covid shuts down the world and the dangers of blame and discrimination are laid bare for all to see. This is a gore-filled spectacle and extremely entertaining, yet the authenticity of grief and fear, culture and beliefs hammer home.
I just had to add this novel as a Liz Pick of the Month as well as a LoveReading Star Book. Bat Eater is an unforgettable wild ride of a tale, it truly deserves to fly. Highly recommended.
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.
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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.
Bat Eater features in the following genres: Liz Robinson's Picks of the Month, Star Books, Horror and Supernatural Fiction, Thriller and Suspense, Contemporary horror and ghost stories, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Classic horror and ghost stories
Paperback, Hardback. £9.89, down from the £10.99 cover price. In Stock.
Bat Eater was written by Kylie Lee Baker and published by Hodder an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton
Bat Eater has 298 pages
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.
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