# A Mask of Flies - Paperback

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by **Matthew Lyons** (Author)

**In Matthew Lyons' pulse-pounding crime horror, _A Mask of Flies_, a criminal on the run after a failed heist must confront dark family secrets and demons from her past made flesh.**

**One of Lit Hub's Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Books of 2024!** **Longlisted for Reading the West Book Awards****!**

**THE PAST HAS TEETH**

In the grisly aftermath of a botched bank heist, career criminal Anne Heller has no choice but to return to her family's cabin - a secluded shack in Colorado's San Luis Valley, and the site of her mother's untimely death.

Along for the ride are Jessup, Anne's badly wounded partner, and Dutch, the police officer she's taken hostage. As they wait for help, Anne discovers strange relics from her mother's past and begins to unfold the mystery of her childhood at the cabin.

Then Jessup goes missing, only to turn up dead. Anne and Dutch bury her friend, but that night, he comes back and knocks at the cabin door.

Not a dream, not a hallucination, but not exactly Jessup, either. Something else. Something wearing her friend's face. Something hungry...

**"An addictive thrill ride." --_Publishers Weekly_, STARRED REVIEW**

### Author Biography

MATTHEW LYONS is the author of the novels _A Mask of Flies_, _A Black and Endless Sky_, and _The Night Will Find Us_, as well as over three dozen short stories, appearing in the 2018 edition of Best American Short Stories, Tough, Southwest Review, and more.

**Number of Pages:** 448

**Dimensions:** 1.2 x 7.88 x 5.12 IN

**Publication Date:** August 19, 2025

## Details

- **Price:** 25.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Crime, Fiction, Occult & Supernatural, Price Written on Book, Thrillers

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