{"product_id":"the-fox-and-the-devil","title":"The Fox and the Devil","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbraham Van Helsing has been murdered, and his daughter Anneke saw the woman who did it. Kiersten White turns her pursuit into a gothic fantasy of detection, obsession and sapphic romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStarred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal; also reviewed in Booklist.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical fantasy and horror set across turn-of-the-century Europe, with a romance between two women at its center.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover from Del Rey Books, published March 10, 2026; 368 pages. The publisher describes this edition's case as illustrated, with character art beneath the jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContent note: serial murder and graphic violence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnneke's father was a doctor and scientist consumed by the study of vampires, and the two were never close in any simple way. After his death she assembles a team of detectives, equips them with the newest forensic methods, and follows a line of bodies across Europe. She keeps one thing from them: letters written to her alone, sometimes stained with blood, each signed Diavola. The longer the hunt runs, the less her father's obsessions look like madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Del Rey hardcover suits readers of gothic horror, historical fantasy and dark sapphic romance who have a strong stomach for gore. The case Anneke builds is about a murder. The letters she hides are about something else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKiersten White is a #1 New York Times bestselling and Bram Stoker Award-winning author. Her books include \u003cem\u003eLucy Undying\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHide\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMister Magic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e, and the And I Darken and Camelot Rising trilogies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Del Rey Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48026691272853,"sku":"NEW-ING-0593724437","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/upload-1789784850267.jpg?v=1789784851","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/the-fox-and-the-devil","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}