Synopses & Reviews
Cast adrift after the blood symphony of
Penny Dreadful, Phineas Poe tracks Jude to San Francisco, where he finds her involved with John Ransom Miller, a wealthy sociopath aiding Jude's revenge fantasies in exchange for her complicity in an unspeakable crime.
Alone and outgunned, Poe hopes he can save Jude from herself, make sense of his own past, and navigate the tortuous internal landscape he calls Hell's Half Acre.
Review
"An over-the-top Grande Guignol thriller that breaks every rule of fine literature without ever once descending to the lowest denominator. These pages hurt....Bruising stuff screeching on the knife-edge of acceptability." Kirkus Reviews
Review
"[A] novel that's part Hunter S. Thompson, part Edgar Allan Poe. Fans of Baer's fare might not flinch at the gratuitous violence and near alphabetical list of bodily functions, but for newcomers (or the easily queasy), this is startling stuff." Booklist
Review
"Baer's writing has an undeniable force it's sordid and entrancing, hallucinatory and yet given to brutal realism." The Times (London)
Review
"Baer writes noir like there's no tomorrow....[O]ne part bloodbath, one part social satire, and one part true romance, backed by black humor and a dialogue the far side of Jim Thompson." Memphis Flyer
Synopsis
Short-story writer and novelist Baer goes for the gory in this follow-up to Kiss Me, Judas and Penny Dreadful. Phineas Poe stumbles his way to San Francisco in search of ex-lover Jude who is under the spell of a wealthy sociopath, who's helping her play out a revenge fantasy.
About the Author
Will Christopher Baer is the author of Kiss Me, Judas and Penny Dreadful. He lives in California.