The Suicide Motor Club

A mother's nightmare comes true when Judith Lamb and her family meet a band of vampires who hunt on the highways of 1960s America. Her son is dragged from their car, and the undead force her off the road into a crash that kills her husband. Lost in grief, Jude turns to the Catholic Church, intending to become a nun. But there are others who have had run-ins with the same monsters and they seek Jude's help in tracking them down and killing them. Buehlman (The Lesser Dead) knows how to create a scary creature, and his beings here were horrible humans before they turned, making them truly awful now. To add nuance, the author introduces Clayton Birch, a vampire who tries to help Jude. Muscle car enthusiasts will enjoy the car talk, but while the period autos add to the historical color, it sometimes comes across as Buehlman's personal interest given an excessively long leash.