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About the Book

Blood Sugar

  From the dark imagination of New York Times bestselling novelist Daniel Kraus --- co-author with Guillermo del Toro of THE SHAPE OF WATER (which as a film won the Academy Award for Best Picture) --- comes a Halloween crime story that's like nothing you've ever read before.  

In a ruined house at the end of Yellow Street, an angry outcast hatches a scheme to take revenge for all the wrongs he has suffered. With the help of three alienated kids, he plans to hide razor blades, poison and broken glass in Halloween candy, maiming or killing dozens of innocent children. But as the clock ticks closer to sundown, will one of his helpers --- an innocent himself, in his own streetwise way --- carry out or defeat the plan?

Told from the child's point of view, in a voice as unforgettable as A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, Kraus' novel is at once frightening and emotional, thought-provoking and laugh-out-loud funny. It'll make you rethink your concepts of family, loyalty and justice --- and will leave you double-checking the wrappers on your Halloween candy for the rest of your days.

Audiobook available, read by Kirby Heyborne

Blood Sugar
by Daniel Kraus

  • Publication Date: October 8, 2019
  • Genres: Fiction, Horror, Suspense, Thriller
  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Hard Case Crime
  • ISBN-10: 1789091934
  • ISBN-13: 9781789091939