{"product_id":"progeny-of-the-adder-paperbacks-from-hell","title":"Progeny of the Adder (Paperbacks from Hell)","description":"\u003ch1\u003eProgeny of the Adder (Paperbacks from Hell)\u003c\/h1\u003eLeslie H Whitten\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Valancourt Books\u003cbr\u003eJuly 12 2022\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781954321601\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1954321600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003eHomicide detective Harry Picard has seen a lot of violent deaths . . . but never like this. Three bodies-blond, female, strangely emaciated-have been found in the Potomac River with their throats brutally slashed. Each victim was last seen in the company of a huge, hulking man dressed in black. Picard's investigation catapults him into a roiling morass of passion, sexual intrigue, violence, and primordial fear . . . as he faces an enemy as powerful, and as horrifying, as mankind's oldest superstitions!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1965, Leslie H. Whitten's \u003cem\u003eProgeny of the Adder\u003c\/em\u003e updated the traditional vampire tale by bringing the undead out of the Old World and into a police investigation in a large American city for the first time-a formula often imitated in the decades since. This reprint, the first in thirty years, includes a new introduction by Will Errickson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fast, engrossing, and violent.\" - \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stunning . . . original and exciting.\" - \u003cem\u003eWashington Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Good writing and authentic atmosphere.\" - \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44070418546733,"sku":"WHS-03108665c16941c48906eef41879b9a3","price":17.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_c06537b4-7ddb-48a3-9ba0-7b3a72e265d8.jpg?v=1754774965","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/progeny-of-the-adder-paperbacks-from-hell","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}