Grave Robber's Daughter Horror Book Review

A new graphic novel from the reigning king of gothic humor.  It was the morning of             Paisley                     Curtin’s sixteenth birthday when           she                     realized     her town was doomed. Just one               week before, a traveling     carnival had rolled into the                         quiet hillside               community of Obidiah’s Glenn and   right away things began to get             weird. The           carnival itself was                 strange enough, with its             seedy sideshows and sinister                 exhibitions,  its                       Room of False Mirrors,              its   dangerous Gallows Hand           game                     and the monstrous caged creature               called the   Tom-Geek. 

  Then parents in                   the town began       to get             sick,        followed by the teachers, doctors             and the sheriff’s department.  The children of             Obidiah’s Glenn become                 suddenly           wild, roaming about                       at night with crazed looks in their eyes.                      Paisley realizes           she had to do     something           to stop   what she saw happening—but there wasn’t anyone                         left in town who seemed             to be able to help.            So   she sends a letter to         someone she hoped might   listen, someone who would know what to do—a               friend                 of her late sister’s from                       college,  a self-styled           “girl                 detective” with a questionable             reputation                 named Judy Drood.

  Her only                 hope is that   Judy will             arrive     in time to save her town—and to             prevent her from ending up as yet another exhibit           in the dark carnival’s             Hall of             Embalmed   Abominations!

  The Grave                           Robber’s   Daughter is           another         fast-paced, delirious                       ride from the author of the critically acclaimed                     The           Chuckling Whatsit      (“A   masterpiece!” —Rue Morgue         Magazine) and                       marks the return of Judy Drood,  Girl Detective,            last seen                       thwarting the murderous plans             of a                 group of demented college professors in             Sala’s             2005 epic   mystery-thriller Mad Night.  The                         Grave           Robber’s Daughter is filled                         with Sala’s           unique blend of             horror and whimsy that will   please his               many fans and new readers alike.