World Fantasy Award Winner
Shirley Jackson Award Winner
Harrison was the Monster Detective, a storybook hero. Now he's in his
mid-thirties and spends most of his time popping pills and not sleeping.
Stan became a minor celebrity after being partially eaten by cannibals.
Barbara is haunted by unreadable messages carved upon her bones. Greta
may or may not be a mass-murdering arsonist. Martin never takes off his
sunglasses. Never.
No one believes the extent of their horrific tales, not until they are
sought out by psychotherapist Dr. Jan Sayer. What happens when these
seemingly-insane outcasts form a support group? Together they must
discover which monsters they face are within?and which are lurking in
plain sight.