CJ Leede

An FBI agent with an uncanny ability to sense danger must hunt down a serial killer through the wilderness of Colorado, in this tense and gripping thrill ride by bestselling author CJ Leede. Perfect for fans of The Shining and Longlegs. Special Agent Daniel Stanfield has always trusted his instincts—a gift some call intuition, but he knows it’s something darker. And on the day of his resignation from the FBI, that sixth sense is louder than ever. But before he can turn in his badge, Daniel is summoned back to Denver, the city he swore he'd never return to, with a chilling message: It’s happening again. Across Colorado, ordinary people are waking up on the side of highways—disoriented, terrified, and wearing the skin of strangers they’ve allegedly never met. Each victim shares one haunting detail: a strand of someone else’s hair is tied around their tongue. As Daniel tracks the killer through the frozen wilderness, every clue pulls him deeper into the shadows of his own past. To a trauma he’s tried to bury, and a truth that could destroy him. The only way to stop the cycle—and the murders—is to face what’s been hunting him all along. Maeve Fly was an instant USA Today bestseller on November 2025

An FBI agent with an uncanny ability to sense danger must hunt down a serial killer through the wilderness of Colorado, in this tense and gripping thrill ride by bestselling author CJ Leede. Perfect for fans of The Shining and Longlegs. Special Agent Daniel Stanfield has always trusted his instincts—a gift some call intuition, but he knows it’s something darker. And on the day of his resignation from the FBI, that sixth sense is louder than ever. But before he can turn in his badge, Daniel is summoned back to Denver, the city he swore he'd never return to, with a chilling message: It’s happening again. Across Colorado, ordinary people are waking up on the side of highways—disoriented, terrified, and wearing the skin of strangers they’ve allegedly never met. Each victim shares one haunting detail: a strand of someone else’s hair is tied around their tongue. As Daniel tracks the killer through the frozen wilderness, every clue pulls him deeper into the shadows of his own past. To a trauma he’s tried to bury, and a truth that could destroy him. The only way to stop the cycle—and the murders—is to face what’s been hunting him all along. Maeve Fly was an instant USA Today bestseller on November 2025

Every instinct tells him to run. Every memory tells him he can't. Special Agent Daniel Stansfield is ready for a change. Burnt out and defeated by the job, it's his last day with the FBI. But before he can turn in his badge, he's summoned back to Denver, the city he ran from four years ago, with a chilling message: it's happening again. Seemingly innocent people are waking up on the side of the highway, with no memory of how they got there, wearing the skin of victims they've allegedly never met. And they each share one haunting detail: a strand of a stranger's hair is tied around their tongue. Now Daniel is pulled back into the gruesome cycle, and every clue leads him deeper into the shadows of his own past. He will have to confront the ghosts of his traumatic childhood and face what's been hunting him all along-- before he and the people he loves become the next victims. Perfect for fans of The Shining and Longlegs, bestselling author CJ Leede's Headlights is a pulse-pounding hunt across the frozen wilderness of Colorado. Also by CJ Leede: American Rapture Maeve Fly

The instant USA Today bestseller from CJ Leede, author of Maeve Fly--a scorching and sweeping new novel about the end of the world as we know it. "A blistering, feverish ride through a uniquely American apocalypse."--Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author Named one of the Best Horror Books of 2024 (Esquire, Vulture, Paste, ScreenRant, and Literary Hub) - A GoodReads and Publishers Weekly Editors' Pick - An Indie Next Pick - A Splatterpunk Award Finalist A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Sophie, a good Catholic girl, must traverse the hellscape of the midwest to try to find her family while the world around her burns. Along the way she discovers there are far worse fates than dying a virgin... The end times are coming. Also by CJ Leede: Maeve Fly

The scorching new feminist apocalyptic novel and instant international bestseller from CJ Leede, the author of Maeve Fly. One of Esquire and Vulture's Best Horror Books of the year and a GoodReads Editors' Pick.'Keep an eye on this rising feminist voice' - Tori AmosIn C.J Leede's latest genre-bending thriller, Sophie, a good Catholic girl who has been kept separate from the world, must traverse the apocalyptic hellscape of the midwest to try to find her lost brother, whilst learning the reality of her own sexuality in a suddenly lust-filled world.A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Nothing in Sophie's strict religious upbringing could have prepared her for the arrival of the scorching winds that sweep through the Midwest - not the righteous breath of God, but an evil gust that delivers an ungodly, fevered lust unto the virtuous and the wicked alike.Though her own body has become a carnal battleground, she must somehow find her way through the ravaged world to rescue her brother, hoping the fever hasn't taken him; hoping he can still be saved. The end times are coming and Sophie soon discovers that there are far worse fates than dying a virgin . . .

"From CJ Leede, the author of Maeve Fly, comes a scorching new apocalyptic novel. American Gods meets The Last of Us in this epic and sweeping story about the end of the world as we know it. A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Sophie, a good Catholic girl, must traverse the hellscape of the midwest to try to find her family while the world around her burns. Along the way she discovers there are far worse fates than dying a virgin... The end times are coming."

A USA Today bestseller Winner of the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award - Winner of the Splatterpunk Award for Best Novel - A Bram Stoker Award Nominee - One of Esquire's Best Horror Books of the Year - An Indie Next Pick "This is gory and brutal and beautiful and painful and terrifying and a pure delight."--Stephen Graham JonesA provocative and unforgettable debut that is both a blood-soaked love letter to Los Angeles and a gleeful send-up to iconic horror villains, Maeve Fly will thrill fans of slashers and the macabre. By day, Maeve Fly works at the happiest place in the world as every child's favorite ice princess. By the neon night glow of the Sunset Strip, Maeve haunts the dive bars with a drink in one hand and a book in the other, imitating her misanthropic literary heroes. But when Gideon Green - her best friend's brother - moves to town, he awakens something dangerous within her, and the world she knows suddenly shifts beneath her feet. Untethered, Maeve ditches her discontented act and tries on a new persona. A bolder, bloodier one, inspired by the pages of American Psycho. Step aside Patrick Bateman, it's Maeve's turn with the knife. "An apocalyptic Anaheim Psycho." --Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House Also by CJ Leede: American Rapture