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Horror/Thriller Book Club
Dead First by Johnny Compton
Wednesday, May 20
6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Horror/Thriller Book Club
Join us for Hoboken Library’s Horror/Thriller Book Club. This month, we’ll be discussing Dead First by Johnny Compton (Supernatural, Noir Mystery).
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Small Program Room & GardenJoin us for Hoboken Library’s Horror/Thriller Book Club. This month, we’ll be discussing Dead First by Johnny Compton (Supernatural, Noir Mystery).
At our next book discussion for the Hoboken Public Library's Horror/Thriller Book Club, we will be discussing Dead First by Johnny Compton.
Copies are on reserve on the second floor of the Main Library, along with the audiobook available on Libby.
"From the Bram Stoker award-nominated author of The Spite House comes a bone-chilling new novel about a private investigator hired by a mysterious billionaire to discover why he can't die. When private investigator Shyla Sinclair is invited to the looming mansion of mysterious Texan tycoon Saxton Braith, she's more than a little suspicious. The last thing she expects to see that night is Braith's assistant driving an iron rod straight through the back of his skull. Scratch that-the last thing she expects to see is Braith's resurrection afterward.
Braith can't die, it turns out, but he has no explanation for his immortality, and very few intact memories of his past. Which is why he wants to pay Shyla millions to investigate him, and bring his long-buried history to light. Shyla can't help but be intrigued, but she's also trapped by the offer. Braith has made it clear that he knows she's the only person he can trust with his secret, because he knows all about hers.
"Bold, atmospheric, and utterly frightening, Johnny Compton's Dead First is spine-chilling supernatural horror about the pursuit of power and the undying need for reckoning" -- Provided by publisher
Please email Sean at reference@hobokenlibrary.org with any questions.
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