{"product_id":"fox-and-the-devil-1","title":"Fox and the Devil","description":"\u003cb\u003eSHE WANTS VENGEANCE. HER DEVIL WANTS HER.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn obsession with a beautiful serial killer entangles a vampire hunter's daughter in an immortal sapphic romance in this mesmerising new gothic fantasy from the bestselling author of Lucy Undying.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Grisly and electrifying, innovative and moving. Kiersten White never misses.' Allison Saft, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Dark and Drowning Tide\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e------------------------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnneke has a complicated relationship with her father, Abraham Van Helsing - doctor, scientist, and madman devoted to studying vampires - up until the night she comes home to find him murdered, with a surreally beautiful woman looming over his body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt soon becomes clear that her father isn't the only inexplicably dead body. So, obsessed with vengeance, and armed with the latest in forensic and investigatory techniques, Anneke puts together a team of detectives to catch her mysterious serial killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, for reasons even she can't explain, Anneke keeps some crucial evidence to herself: infuriatingly coy letters, addressed only to her, occasionally soaked in blood, and always signed Diavola. Devil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe obsession is mutual, and all the more dangerous for it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the closer Anneke gets to her devil, the less sense the world makes. Could her father have been right all along? Could Diavola be something even more deadly than a serial killer? Because as Anneke unearths more of Diavola's tragic past, she suspects there's still a heart somewhere in that undead body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA heart that beats for Anneke alone.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e------------------------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHY YOU'LL LOVE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE FOX AND THE DEVIL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dark sapphic obsession\u003cbr\u003e Serial killer mystery\u003cbr\u003e Hunter and hunted\u003cbr\u003e Blood-soaked letters\u003cbr\u003e Vampires and the supernatural\u003cbr\u003e Forensic investigation\u003cbr\u003e Gothic romance\u003cbr\u003e  Fin-de-siecle Europe\u003cbr\u003e A dangerously obsessive slow burn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e------------------------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE FOX AND THE DEVIL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Deeply immersive. From each exquisite murder to each obsessive encounter, \u003ci\u003eThe Fox and the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e is as mesmerizing as its otherworldly characters.' Chloe Gong, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eImmortal Longings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Utterly captivating! Kiersten White just keeps getting better with every new release. I couldn't get enough!' Katee Robert, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eElectric Idol\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Delicious and immersive. Anneke is a heroine of wit, courage and imagination, and she leads us through an intricate gothic mystery in a richly imagined past.' Claudia Gray, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Murder of Mr. Wickham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kiersten White","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67792524705970,"sku":"9781804947739","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781804947739.jpg?v=1792803939","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/fox-and-the-devil-1","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}