Voodoo Heart

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When Detective Lawrence Ribaud wakes alone in a bloody bed with his wife missing, he knows this is more than just a mysterious case of murder. His wife is the latest victim in a string of bizarre disappearances. All across New Orleans, on one night each month, people are vanishing, leaving behind nothing but a pool of blood on the bedsheets... and an abandoned heart. Ribaud doesn't believe in voodoo, but he soon finds himself moving through the underbelly of a secret society of snakes, sacrifices and obscene rituals in search of the mysterious Black Queen... and the curse of her Voodoo Heart. AUTHOR: John Everson is a staunch advocate for the culinary joys of the jalapeno and an unabashed fan of 1970s European horror cinema. He is also the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Covenant and its two sequels, Sacrifice and Redemption, as well as six other novels, including the erotic horror tour de force and Bram Stoker Award finalist NightWhere and the seductive backwoods tale of The Family Tree. Other novels include The Pumpkin Man, Siren, The 13th and the spider-driven Violet Eyes.

John Everson is a staunch advocate for the culinary joys of the jalapeno and an unabashed fan of 1970s European horror cinema. He is also the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Covenant and its two sequels, Sacrifice and Redemption, as well as nine other novels, including the erotic horror tour de force and Bram Stoker Award finalist NightWhere, the haunting thriller The Devil's Equinox and his latest, Voodoo Heart. Other novels include The Pumpkin Man, Siren, The 13th and the spider-driven Violet Eyes . Over the past 25 years, his short fiction has appeared in more than 75 magazines and anthologies and received a number of critical accolades, including frequent Honorable Mentions in the Year's Best Fantasy & Horror anthology series. His story "Letting Go" was a Bram Stoker Award finalist in 2007 and "The Pumpkin Man" was included in the anthology All American Horror: The Best of the First Decade of the 21st Century. In addition to his own twisted worlds, he has also written stories in shared universes, including The Vampire Diaries and Jonathan Maberry's V-Wars series (recently sold to Netflix), as well as for Kolchak: The Night Stalker and The Green Hornet. His short story collections include Cage of Bones & Other Deadly Obsessions, Needles & Sins, Vigilantes of Love and Sacrificing Virgins. To catch up on his blog, join his newsletter or get information on his fiction, art and music, visit John Everson: Dark Arts at www.johneverson.com. AWARDS: Covenant- HWA Bram Stoker Award for First Novel "Letting Go" - Bram Stoker Award Finalist (Short Fiction) NightWhere - Bram Stoker Award Finalist (Novel) Le Pacte Des Suicides (Covenant) - 2017 Masterton Award for Translated Novel

"Voodoo Heart offers a solid blend of supernatural horror and hard-boiled detective fiction, and should appeal to horror devotees as well as mystery buffs." -- Booklist "Everson is a writer who knows how to pack the punches and hit his readers hard with his horrific visions." "One thing Everson's many fans already know - he's a writer who does nothing by half-measures." -- Lucy Taylor, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Safety of Unknown Cities "The mystery of it all kept me intrigued until the final reveal, but it was first and foremost the dark Southern Gothic atmosphere that kept me absorbed, the exploration of voodoo, the culture, the city, the swamps, the snakes, I gobbled it all up." -- From Belgium With Book Love "The constant evolving twists and turns will no doubt leave the reader with a desire to seek out their own local mambo priestess for any spells or potions that could aid their ailment and ward off any evil spirits and curses that might linger upon finishing this book. You too will find yourself dredging the swamps for a release of any ritualistic hold this novel will have on you" - -- The Horror Bookworm "If you're looking for a New Orleans Detective style murder mystery novel with a ton of magic and voodoo mixed in, than you might want to check this out next." -- Radioactive Book Reviews "The story sunk its hooks into me from the beginning and I knew I was in for another fun ride with Everson as the conductor of this runaway train." -- A Reviewer Darkly