The Fox and the Devil
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- Pedido anticipado
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- Se espera: 10 mar 2026
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- USD 10.99
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- Pedido anticipado
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- USD 10.99
Descripción editorial
An obsession with an immortal serial killer entangles a vampire hunter’s daughter in a sapphic romance in this enthralling gothic fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lucy Undying.
“Grisly and electrifying, innovating and moving . . . Kiersten White never misses.”—Allison Saft, author of A Dark and Drowning Tide
Anneke has a complicated relationship with her father, Abraham Van Helsing—doctor, scientist, and madman devoted to the study of vampires—until 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 isn’t the only inexplicable dead body. There’s a trail of victims across Europe, and Anneke is certain they’re 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 wasn’t 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 Diavola’s tragic past, she suspects there’s still a heart somewhere in that undead body.
A heart that beats for Anneke alone.
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With this decadently dark gothic romance, White (Lucy Undying) delivers another gripping pseudo-sequel to Bram Stoker's Dracula. Anneke van Helsing is intent on avenging the death of her father, the famed vampire hunter, whom she hero-worshipped despite their distant relationship. She had caught a glimpse of a mysterious, immensely beautiful woman standing over his body and believes her to be his murderer. Now, with the help of three friends, trained detective Anneke strives to track down this woman, following a string of unusual and gruesome deaths across the continent. It's a pleasure to be immersed in late-19th-century Europe, even as the death and gore piles up, and it's delicious to witness Anneke and Diavola (the mystery woman's name, as revealed in the teasing letters she leaves for Anneke) draw ever closer together, pulled as much by lust as hate. Horror and romance lovers alike will find much to enjoy—as long as they have strong stomachs.
