The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires

ΓÇ£This funny and fresh take on a classic tale manages to comment on gender roles,racial disparitiesand white privilege all while creeping me all the way out. So good.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöZakiya Dalila Harrisauthor of The Other Black Girl Now in paperbackSteel Magnolias meets Dracula in this New York Times best-selling horror novel about a women’s book club that must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to their small Southern town. Bonus features: ΓÇó Reading group guide for book clubs ΓÇó Hand-drawn map of Mt. Pleasant ΓÇó Annotated true-crime reading list by Grady Hendrix ΓÇó And more! Patricia CampbellΓÇÖs life has never felt smaller. Her husband is a workaholicher teenage kids have their own livesher senile mother-in-law needs constant careand sheΓÇÖs always a step behind on her endless to-do list. The only thing keeping her sane is her book cluba close-knit group of Charleston women united by their love of true crime. At these meetings theyΓÇÖre as likely to talk about the Manson family as they are about their own families. One evening after book clubPatricia is viciously attacked by an elderly neighborbringing the neighbor’s handsome nephewJames Harrisinto her life. James is well traveled and well readand he makes Patricia feel things she hasnΓÇÖt felt in years. But when children on the other side of town go missingtheir deaths written off by local policePatricia has reason to believe James Harris is more of a Bundy than a Brad Pitt. The real problem? James is a monster of a different kindΓÇöand Patricia has already invited him in. Little by littleJames will insinuate himself into PatriciaΓÇÖs life and try to take everything she took for grantedΓÇöincluding the book clubΓÇöbut she wonΓÇÖt surrender without a fight in this blood-soaked tale of neighborly kindness gone wrong.