LLOYD, STEPHEN — Friend of the Devil

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons. 2022, 1st US Edition. (ISBN: 9780593331385) Hardcover. Book, "A demonic detective noveL" Welcome to Danforth Putnam, boarding school for the elite, sprawled across its own private island off the coast of New England. Sam, a war vet who feels sure he's seen it all, has been called here to find a stolen rare book. But as he corners D&D nerds, grills steroid-raging linemen, and interviews filthy-rich actresses, he soon senses that something far stranger -- "witchy", in fact -- is afoot. When students start to meet mysterious and gruesome deaths, Sam realizes just how fast the clock is ticking. After joining forces with plucky, epilepsy-defying school reporter Harriet, Sam ventures into increasingly dark territory, unravelling a supernatural mystery that will upend everything he thinks he knows about this school -- and then shatter his own reality.225p. New/As New.