The Fox and the Devil

An obsession with an immortal serial killer entangles a vampire hunterΓÇÖs daughter in a sapphic romance in this enthralling gothic fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lucy Undying. ΓÇ£Grisly and electrifying,innovating and moving . . . Kiersten White never misses.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöAllison Saftauthor of A Dark and Drowning Tide This stunning hardcover edition features an illustrated book case with character art underneath the jacket. Anneke has a complicated relationship with her fatherAbraham Van HelsingΓÇödoctorscientistand madman devoted to the study of vampiresΓÇöuntil the night she comes home to find him murderedwith a surreally beautiful woman looming over his body. A woman who leaves no trace behindother than the dreams and nightmares that now plague Anneke every night. Spurred by her desire for vengeance and armed with the latest forensic and investigatory techniquesAnneke puts together a team of detectives to catch this mysterious serial killer. Because her father isnΓÇÖt the only inexplicable dead body. ThereΓÇÖs a trail of victims across Europeand Anneke is certain theyΓÇÖre all connected. But during the years spent relentlessly hunting the killerAnneke keeps crucial evidence to herself: infuriatingly coy lettersaddressed only to heroccasionally soaked in bloodand always signed Diavola. The closer Anneke gets to her devilthoughthe less sense the world makes. Maybe her father wasnΓÇÖt a madman after all. Diavola might be something much worse than a serial killer . . . and much harder to destroy. Yet as Anneke unearths more of DiavolaΓÇÖs tragic pastshe suspects thereΓÇÖs still a heart somewhere in that undead body. A heart that beats for Anneke alone.