Husk

From award-winning author J. Kent Messum, a serial killer thriller for fans of The Straw Men and *The Shining Girls. *LIFE GOES ON For a lucky few, death is merely an inconvenience. With the help of technology the mind can survive long after a body has been laid to rest. This afterlife, however, is far from paradise . . . MAKING A LIVING Rhodes is a 'Husk'. It's an illegal, controversial and highly lucrative job - renting out control of his body and mind to the highest bidder. It's a sure way to gain a better life, but some clients go too far. Sometimes, he wakes up with scars. MAKING A KILLING Then the visions start - terrible sights that haunt his waking hours. They could be dreams, or they could be something far worse - they just might be memories . . . Praise for J. Kent Messum: 'Raw, visceral, powerful ... may just make you question what it is to be human' Nick Cutter 'Pacy and surprising, Husk is a showcase for a wild and frightening imagination' Andrew Pyper 'Disturbing, pulse-pounding and utterly surprising' Megan Abbott, Edgar Award-winning author of Dare Me 'The stakes could be no higher in this crisply written, fast-paced novel that examines the shifting line between right and wrong, good and evil ... Will keep readers turning pages late into the night' Lori Roy, Edgar-Award-winning author of Bent Road and Until She Comes Home 'A powerhouse debut ... A mesmerizing, one-sitting read' Steve Ulfelder, Edgar-Award finalist author of Purgatory Chasm and The Whole Lie ** Review Raw, visceral, powerful ... may just make you question what it is to be human -- Nick Cutter Pacy and surprising, Husk is a showcase for a wild and frightening imagination -- Andrew Pyper Reading J. Kent Messum's Bait is like taking a high dive into black water. What you find in its murky depths is disturbing, pulse-pounding and utterly surprising. An exhilarating debut Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me The stakes could be no higher in this crisply written, fast-paced novel that examines the shifting line between right and wrong, good and evil. Bait will keep readers turning pages late into the night. Lori Roy, author of Bent Road and Until She Comes Home Jaws meets Lord of the Flies meets Drugstore Cowboy! A powerhouse debut. Steve Ulfelder, author of Purgatory Chasm and The Whole Lie About the Author J. Kent Messum is a British-Canadian writer living in Toronto. Husk is his second novel, the follow-up to the award-winning Bait.�