Today I have an ARC of a book which I gave a glowing review to in Booklist. This one is great for a wide swath of readers, including those who usually don't read Horror. Details below but first, here are the rules on how to enter:
- You need to be affiliated with an American Library. My rationale behind that is that I will be encouraging you to read these books and share them with patrons. While many of them are advanced reader copies that you cannot add to your collections, if you get the chance to read them, my hope is that you will consider ordering a copy for your library and give away the ARC away as a prize or pass it on to a fellow staff member.
- If you are interested in being included in any giveaway at any time, you must email me at zombiegrl75 [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject line "#HorrorForLibraries." In the body of the email all you have to say is that you want to be entered and the name of your library.
- Each entry will be considered for EVERY giveaway. Meaning you enter once, and you are entered until you win. I will randomly draw a winner on Fridays sometime after 5pm central. But only entries received by 5pm each week will be considered for that week. I use Random.org and have a member of my family witness the "draw"based off your number in the Google Sheet.
- If you win, you are ineligible to win again for 4 weeks; you will have to re-enter after that time to be considered [I have a list of who has won, when, and what title]. However, if you do not win, you carry over into the next week. There is NO NEED to reenter.
Click here for the previous giveaway. Our winner was from Brittany from SC. Now on to this week's giveaway.
By David Demchuk and Corinne Leigh Clark
May 2025. 418p. Hell’s Hundred, $27.95 (9781641296427); e-book (9781641296434). First published April 1, 2025 (Booklist).
It’s 1887 and London journalist Emily Gibson is missing. Police do find her dossier of papers all tied to Margaret Evans, the woman who Gibson is convinced is the “real” Mrs Lovett. Unveiled in a well paced, epistolary style, this clever and entertaining tale is Margaret’s life story as relayed in her correspondence with Gibson. Her voice is confident, her story filled with hardship, but it also features exciting twists as she uses her wits and strategically placed lies to find her footing. While readers know from the title that she will end up a villain, Demchuk and Clark imbue Margaret with sympathy throughout, even as murder victims are cut up and made into delicious pies. However, there is an even more shocking reveal in the novel’s final pages, a horror that will punch readers in the gut and reverberate off the page and into history. Those who enjoy being immersed in the gritty, visceral, and historically accurate world of Victorian London as seen in Victorian Psycho by Feito or From Hell by Moore will eagerly devour this tale.
Three Words That Describe This Book: strong sense of place, fiction about fictional characters, epistolary
Click through to read A LOT more about this book by me via the post on RA for ALL when the review first went live.
It comes out on Tuesday (5/6). Make sure you have it on pre-order. Also thanks to Hell's Hundred, the Horror only imprint from Soho who provided the ARC for me to giveaway and who are celebrating their 1 year anniversary this month.
Remember, enter once and you are entered going forward. Last week's winner first entered in 2023! I have books by Daniel Kraus, Craig DiLouie, Cass Khaw, Alma Katsu, Hailey Piper and more coming up soon.
Good Luck!
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