A Corpse's Nightmare — Phillip Depoy

Back from the dead

On a cold December night, folklorist Fever Devilin is nearly murdered in his sleep. After spending three months in a coma he wakes up, determined to find out who shot him and why. But Fever is in no shape to track a killer -- he's still recovering from injuries that have left him shifting between dreams and reality, memories and half-truths.

His one lead is the blue tin box the intruder stole. It belonged to Fever's mother and was filled with family memorabilia and photos -- pieces of a puzzle that has haunted Fever since childhood. Now he must unravel a century-old saga of murder, fear and hate that began in 1920s Chicago and traveled to Blue Mountain, Georgia. Somehow, Fever is at the center, alive but in terrible danger, as a killer returns to bury Fever -- and his family secrets -- in a cold, permanent grave.