• Kyle Murchison Booth is the unlikeliest of characters to gain a cultfollowing, yet he has. Eccentric, socially awkward Booth is an introvertedmuseum archivist, descended from a most unusual family, who frequently findshimself in the midst of the most unsettling supernatural experiences and strangenecromantic mysteries. A gentleman and a scholar, the unwilling hero perseveredthrough The Bone Key, a series of interconnected short stories, to winreaders' hearts (and possibly their souls).
• This new edition, with a "puzzle" cover and a new introduction by one ofBooth's "successors" at the Samuel Mather Parrington Museum, will delightcurrent fans and allow even more to discover its dark charms.