A Love Like Blood

by Marcus Sedgwick

Overview

In 1944, just days after the liberation of Paris, Charles Jackson sees something horrific: a man in a dark tunnel, apparently drinking the blood of a murdered woman. Terrified, he does nothing, telling himself afterward that worse tragedies happen during war.Seven years later he returns to the city—and sees the same man dining in the company of a fascinating, beautiful young woman. When they leave the restaurant, Charles decides to follow . . .A Love Like Blood is a dark, compelling thriller about how a man's life can change in a moment and about where the desire for truth—and revenge—can lead.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781605987453
Publisher:	Pegasus Books
Publication date:	02/15/2015
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	324
Sales rank:	945,451
File size:	614 KB

About the Author

Marcus Sedgwick is a widely admired, prizewinning author of YA fiction. His books have been shortlisted for over thirty awards, including the Carnegie Medal (five times), the Edgar Allan Poe Award (twice) and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (four times). He has won the Branford Boase award for his debut novel, Floodland, and the Booktrust Teenage Prize for My Swordhand is Singing. This first novel for adults.

Editorial Reviews

This adult debut portends a tremendous second act from acclaimed YA author Sedgwick. Sedgwick’s prose is nothing short of gorgeous. Here’s a novel that tastes of blood and dust, just as a fine old-fashioned horror novel should.

Booklist

This adult debut portends a tremendous second act from acclaimed YA author Sedgwick. Sedgwick’s prose is nothing short of gorgeous. Here’s a novel that tastes of blood and dust, just as a fine old-fashioned horror novel should.

Booklist (starred)

Sedgwick’s books for young people are often dark and atmospheric, filled with vivid images and packed with horror, beauty and suspense. Perhaps it's no surprise, then, that in his adult debut, A Love Like Blood, Sedgwick turns to a classic subgenre of horror fiction: the vampire story.

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