Wretch, (Hardcover)

<p><b>"If you only read one more horror novel this year, make sure this is it." --Edward Lee</b></p><p><i>Wretch</i> is a relentless descent into crime, horror, and vengeance. A brutal unflinching thriller for fans of organized crime sagas, dark detective fiction, and monsters born in the shadows of science.</p><p>Chicago is choking under the hottest summer on record, but the true heat comes from the blood spilled on its streets. </p><p>Detective Donnie Lynch trails a killer who shouldn't exist. Mob boss Tico "The Meatgrinder" Tortellio has stepped out from the shadows of his empire with a personal vendetta to avenge his daughter--and nothing short of blood will settle the score. Both men are hunting the same man-- if "man" is still the right word...</p><p>The elusive killer, Derek Hoffman, is a steroid-abusing-sociopath twisted beyond recognition whose body and mind have been grotesquely transformed after his participation in a clinical trial for an experimental ED-arousal-drug called, LIBIDONAL. Hoffman has become something monstrous, a predator driven by lust, rage, and a thirst for blood.</p><p>With the city becoming a killing ground for a new apex predator, Lynch and Tortellio race toward the same target. But who will reach Hoffman first? And when they do, can bullets or brutality be enough to stop him? </p><p><i>Wretch</i> is a brutal descent into crime, horror, and vengeance. A nightmare version of a city where justice wears many faces, and none of them are merciful. </p>

• Wretch, (Hardcover)
• Author: Jeremy Wagner
• ISBN: 9781639511327
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2026-02-24
• Page Count: 376