Bat Eater

<p><h3><b>PRE-ORDER KYLIE LEE BAKER'S NEXT ADDICTIVE HORROR <i>JAPANESE GOTHIC</i></b></h3><br> 'Haunted, absurd, terrifying, ridiculous, and full of hungry ghosts. This book shook me in all the best ways' <b>GRADY HENDRIX</b> <br> 'Essential reading from a new voice in horror<i>' <b>BOOKLIST</b></i> <br> 'Gory' <b>PAUL TREMBLAY</b> <br> <b>'</b><i>Bat Eater</i> will swoop in like a bat out of hell, swallow you whole and leave no crumbs' <b>ALICE SLATER</b> <br> <b>'</b>Easily one of the most exciting and unique books I've read in years' <b>ERIC LAROCCA </b><br><br>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.<br><br>But the killer was never caught, and Cora is still haunted by his last words: bat eater.<br><br>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?<br><br>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.<br><b><br>Soon, she will learn . . . you can't just ignore hungry ghosts. </b><br><br> 'A profound reminder of the true horrors that lurk in the world' <b>TORI BOVALINO </b> <br> 'A serial killer mystery and a heartbreaking portrayal of grief' <b>KIRSTY LOGAN </b> <br> 'This book dug its claws into me and would not let go' <b>LING LING HUANG </b> <br> 'Body horror and female rage fiction combine in a powerful novel that will leave you quaking' <b>ALMA KATSU </b> <br> 'A poignant, searing portrait of the hostility and violence that plagued pandemic-era NYC' <b>VERONICA G. HENRY </b><br> <b><br>BAT EATER WAS A NUMBER 4 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WEEK ENDING 09/02/2025<br></b></p>