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Bat Eater

內容簡介

內容簡介 在目睹親姊遭推落軌慘死後，魂不守舍的珂菈，腦中終日縈繞的是兇手衝著姊姊嘶吼的那句：噬蝙蝠者。新冠疫情肆虐的紐約，近來格外不平靜。珂菈作為一位命案現場清潔員，卻因姊姊的死，對身旁的一切：同事的關懷致電、姑母催促她置辦中元普渡的叨唸、命案現場一再出現的蝙蝠屍體，家中物品莫名出現啃咬的痕跡，她對這些全都置若罔聞。隨著命案數量開始攀升，中、美混血的珂菈這才意識到，近期的死者竟清一色是東亞女性；而家中除了詭異齒痕，更出現了駭人鬼影！餓鬼的糾纏究竟所為何來？在鬼門又將開啟之際，陰陽兩界似乎都沒有要放過珂菈的意思……Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner. But the bloody messes don't bother her, not when she's already witnessed the most horrific thing possible: her sister being pushed in front of a train.But the killer was never caught, and Cora is still haunted by his last words: bat eater.These days, nobody can reach Cora: not her aunt who wants her to prepare for the Hungry Ghost Festival, not her weird colleagues, and especially not the slack-jawed shadow lurking around her doorframe. After all, it can't be real - can it?After a series of unexplained killings in Chinatown, Cora believes that someone might be targeting East Asian women, and something might be targeting Cora herself.Soon, she will learn . . . you can't just ignore hungry ghosts.

各界推薦

各界推薦 This is what it felt like to live in New York City during lockdown: haunted, absurd, terrifying, ridiculous, and full of hungry ghosts. This book shook me in all the best ways -- GRADY HENDRIXBaker successfully uses fear, both supernatural and human, to shine a spotlight on anti-Asian hate. Fans of creepy ghost stories and social horror will want to snap this up ― Publisher's WeeklyBat Eater is a compelling, gory, ghostly romp, and it's a righteous battle cry aimed into the racist heart of the pandemic hellscape. You won't be able to stop turning pages while rooting for Cora -- PAUL TREMBLAYI smashed through Bat Eater - shocking, visceral and haunted by more than ghosts: trauma, rage, grief, racism, crime scene clean ups and COVID paranoia. Bat Eater will swoop in like a bat out of hell, swallow you whole and leave no crumbs -- ALICE SLATERBat Eater possessed me from the first page and haunted me for long after the last. The visceral emotionality of Baker's writing and the specificity of New York through the Asian American experience makes for a powerful exploration of loneliness, community, and belonging in the face of hatred. Singular in every way, this book dug its claws into me and would not let go -- LING LING HUANG

作者介紹

作者介紹 Kylie Lee BakerKylie Lee Baker is the Sunday Times bestselling author of adult horror novel Bat Eater and YA novels The Keeper of Night duology and The Scarlet Alchemist duology. She grew up in Boston, but lived in Atlanta, Salamanca and Seoul before returning to Massachusetts. Her work is informed by her heritage (Chinese, Japanese and Irish) as well as her experiences living abroad as both a student and teacher. She has a BA in Creative Writing and Spanish from Emory University and an MS in Library and Information Science from Simmons University. In her free time, she plays the cello, watches horror movies and bakes too many cookies.

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最佳賣點 : 新冠疫情肆虐的紐約，身為命案現場清理員的中美混血兒珂菈，姊姊遭謀殺而兇手遲遲未落網，漸漸對周遭事物無動於衷。直到一連串針對亞裔女性的謀殺案再次引起她的注意，她不得不面對過去的創傷與內在的餓鬼。

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