The Fox and the Devil

By Kiersten White

An obsession with an immortal serial killer entangles a vampire hunter's daughter in a sapphic romance in this enthralling gothic fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lucy Undying.

"Grisly and electrifying, innovating and moving . . . Kiersten White never misses."--Allison Saft, author of A Dark and Drowning Tide

This stunning hardcover edition features an illustrated book case with character art underneath the jacket.

Anneke has a complicated relationship with her father, Abraham Van Helsing--doctor, scientist, and madman devoted to the study of vampires--until the night she comes home to find him murdered, with a surreally beautiful woman looming over his body. A woman who leaves no trace behind, other than the dreams and nightmares that now plague Anneke every night.

Spurred by her desire for vengeance and armed with the latest forensic and investigatory techniques, Anneke puts together a team of detectives to catch this mysterious serial killer. Because her father isn't the only inexplicable dead body. There's a trail of victims across Europe, and Anneke is certain they're all connected.

But during the years spent relentlessly hunting the killer, Anneke keeps crucial evidence to herself: infuriatingly coy letters, addressed only to her, occasionally soaked in blood, and always signed Diavola.

The closer Anneke gets to her devil, though, the less sense the world makes. Maybe her father wasn't a madman after all. Diavola might be something much worse than a serial killer . . . and much harder to destroy. Yet as Anneke unearths more of Diavola's tragic past, she suspects there's still a heart somewhere in that undead body.

A heart that beats for Anneke alone.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593724437
• ISBN13: 9780593724439
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Del Rey Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Another wonderfully dark tale!

I did go into this thinking it might be too much the same as Lucy Undying, but that is not the case! I liked this one because instead of just having your classic vampire, this one takes vampire like beings from different countries (which was fascinating to learn about) and then you also had Anneke (daughter of Van Helsing!) traveling to those countries, tracking down a special type of murderer, which made this novel feel nicely full. Though I did love the unnamed cameo of one of the characters from Lucy Undying! A nice treat and kinda makes me want to read Lucy Undying again. The cat and mouse game between Anneke and Diavola was intriguing and I really enjoyed the letters that Anneke received during the hunt. Plus all the extra cool historical bits about cameras and their advancements during that time, as well as the Paris World Fair of 1900 and some of the exhibitions portrayed there. I do like how the author takes the women who fade into the background of the classical books and brings them to the forefront and gives them their own story to star in. I am all for those kind of rewrites on classic tales! I really enjoyed reading this book and look forward to anything else that Kiersten White will write! Props also to the cool cover.