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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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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 installationsβand 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 heβs replaced by the young, ambitious, and flamboyant new cop, Detective Delacroix, heβll have to take matters into his own hands. When a chance encounter puts him face to face with The Stuffer, Rafaelβs 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 βdifferentβ Ostend, of the Belle Γpoque 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, heβll need his old rival, Detective Delacroix to help him out. Only one thing is for sure, even death canβt 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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