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Luke Dumas

Biography

Luke Dumas

Luke Dumas was born and raised in San Diego, California, and received his master’s degree in creative writing from the University of Edinburgh. His work has appeared in Hobart, Last Exit and the queer anthology THE WHOLE ALPHABET: The Light and the Dark, among others. A HISTORY OF FEAR is his debut novel.

Luke Dumas

Books by Luke Dumas

A History of Fear
by Luke Dumas - Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

Grayson Hale, the most infamous murderer in Scotland, is better known by a different name: the Devil’s Advocate. The 25-year-old American grad student rose to instant notoriety when he confessed to the slaughter of his classmate Liam Stewart, claiming the Devil made him do it. When Hale is found hanged in his prison cell, officers uncover a handwritten manuscript that promises to answer the question that’s haunted the nation for years: Was Hale a lunatic, or had he been telling the truth all along?