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N.L. Lavin
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Hunter Burke

OF FLESH AND BLOOD

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OF FLESH AND BLOOD

This chilling debut horror novel will captivate readers of Chasing the Boogeyman and What Moves the Dead and fans of True Detective.

In 2008, a serial killer known as the Cajun Cannibal brutally murders and consumes the flesh of eight people in a small Louisiana parish. With law enforcement closing in on him, he takes his own life before he can face the inside of a courtroom.

Ten years later, when forensic psychiatrist Dr. Vincent Blackburn discovers he and the Cajun Cannibal are more closely connected than he realized, he begins a case study into the sociopathy behind the killer’s grisly deeds, only to find a torrent of small town politics, interracial family dynamics, and whispers of the supernatural muddying once clear waters. 

Told through the pages of Dr. Vincent Blackburn’s case study memoir, and certain to appeal to readers of
A Flicker in the Dark, this macabre psychological horror will leave your heart racing.

Coming JUNE 10th, 2025 ​ from Crooked Lane Books

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IN THE PRESS

“From the moment I started to read OF FLESH AND BLOOD, I loved it. It’s so much more than just a horror story–though, rest assured, things do get pretty horrific–and the journey the novel takes readers on, through sinister bayous overhung with cypress trees and Spanish moss to dusty towns that bake in treacly, mosquito-filled air, will leave them with a greater understanding of Louisiana and what it is to be Cajun.

RUFUS PURDY,
TITAN BOOKS

In The Press

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N.L. Lavin earned his medical degree from the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans. He is a full-time child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist, a part-time writer, and a husband and father in whatever time is left.

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Hunter Burke earned a BFA in Performing Arts from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His acting credits include roles in the Oscar winning film THE BIG SHORT, the Netflix show SWEET MAGNOLIAS, and the Amazon series BOSCH.

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For press inquiries, please contact Publicist:

Joseph Papa I joseph@josephpapapr.com

For film rights & professional inquiries, please contact Agent:

Anne-Lise Spitzer I kim.lombardini@spitzeragency.com

For everything else, contact us directly:

lavinburkebooks@gmail.com

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