Grady Hendrix The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires: A Novel Paperback

This funny and fresh take on a classic tale manages to comment on gender roles, racial disparities, and white privilege all while creeping me all the way out. So good. Zakiya Dalila Harris, author of The Other Black GirlNow in paperback, Steel Magnolias meets Dracula in this New York Times bestselling horror novel about a womens book club that must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to their small Southern town. Bonus featuresReading group guide for book clubs Handdrawn map of Mt. Pleasant Annotated truecrime reading list by Grady Hendrix And more! Patricia Campbells life has never felt smaller. Her husband is a workaholic, her teenage kids have their own lives, her senile motherinlaw needs constant care, and shes always a step behind on her endless todo list. The only thing keeping her sane is her book club, a closeknit group of Charleston women united by their love of true crime. At these meetings theyre as likely to talk about the Manson family as they are about their own families. One evening after book club, Patricia isviciouslyattacked by an elderly neighbor, bringing theneighbors handsome nephew, James Harris, into her life. James is well traveled and well read, and he makes Patricia feel things she hasnt felt in years. Butwhen children on the other side of town gomissing, 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 kindand Patricia has... | Grady Hendrix The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires: A Novel Paperback