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Styx, November 2015
Hardcover
Simon & Schuster
November 2015
On Sale: November 3, 2015
336 pages
ISBN: 1476784647
EAN: 9781476784649
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Paranormal | Thriller Crime
From the #1, award-winning Flemish crime writer, an
atmospheric, genre-busting crime novel about a cop who
comes back from the dead to track down the same serial
killer who shot him. A serial killer is on the loose in Ostend, Belgium.
Nicknamed The Stuffer, the mysterious killer fills his
victims full of sand and poses them as public art
installations—and the once idyllic beach town is in a
panic. The fact that Rafael Styx is on the case is no
comfort. The corrupt, middle-aged cop has a bum hip, a
bad marriage, and ties to the Belgian underworld, but no
leads. And if he wants to catch the killer before he’s
replaced by the young, ambitious, and flamboyant new cop,
Detective Delacroix, he’ll have to take matters into his
own hands. When a chance encounter puts him face to face with The
Stuffer, Rafael’s life is cut short by a gun to the
chest. But the afterlife has only just begun: Styx wakes
up a zombie. Gradually he realizes his unique position.
Not only is his body in decay, now that he exists between
life and death, he can enter a “different” Ostend, of the
Belle Époque in all its grandeur. There he meets the
surrealist painter, Paul Delvaux, who gives Styx his
first clue about the killer. With a fresh lead and a fresh start, the dirty cop
decides to change his ways, catch The Stuffer, and
restore his honor. But as his new hunger for human flesh
impedes his progress, he’ll need his old rival, Detective
Delacroix to help him out. Only one thing is for sure,
even death can’t stop Styx from catching his own
murderer. Complex and compelling, full of suspense, action, and
black humor, Styx is an exciting thriller with an
intriguing protagonist and evocative setting.
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