{"product_id":"9781399729833","title":"Bat Eater","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Kylie Lee Baker\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCrime \u0026amp; mystery | Thriller \/ suspense | Horror \u0026amp; ghost stories\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 8\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e January 2026 by Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton (Hodder Paperback) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 336 pages, N\/A \u003cbr\u003e197mm x 130mm x 27mm | 240g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRE-ORDER KYLIE LEE BAKER'S NEXT ADDICTIVE HORROR JAPANESE GOTHIC🦇 'Haunted, absurd, terrifying, ridiculous, and full of hungry ghosts. This book shook me in all the best ways' GRADY HENDRIX 🦇\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 🦇 'Essential reading from a new voice in horror' BOOKLIST 🦇🦇 'Gory' PAUL TREMBLAY 🦇 🦇 'Bat Eater will swoop in like a bat out of hell, swallow you whole and leave no crumbs' ALICE SLATER 🦇 🦇 'Easily one of the most exciting and unique books I've read in years' ERIC LAROCCA 🦇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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the killer was never caught, and Cora is still haunted by his last words: bat eater.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese 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?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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon, she will learn . . . you can't just ignore hungry ghosts.  🦇 'A profound reminder of the true horrors that lurk in the world' TORI BOVALINO 🦇  🦇 'A serial killer mystery and a heartbreaking portrayal of grief' KIRSTY LOGAN 🦇  🦇 'This book dug its claws into me and would not let go' LING LING HUANG 🦇  🦇 'Body horror and female rage fiction combine in a powerful novel that will leave you quaking' ALMA KATSU 🦇 🦇 'A poignant, searing portrait of the hostility and violence that plagued pandemic-era NYC' VERONICA G. HENRY 🦇  BAT EATER WAS A NUMBER 4 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WEEK ENDING 09\/02\/2025\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56494954316151,"sku":"9781399729833","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781399729833.jpg?v=1767963609","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781399729833","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}