He Drinks Poison

By Laine Cunningham

He Drinks Poison ranks among the great thrillers of all time. Laine Cunningham combines tenacity and courage along with profound insight to create a…disturbing yet fascinating account of the devastating effects of a serial killer. Through sparkling prose, her story sparks fury and tears. It is impossible to read this book unmoved.
Pamela King Cable, Author
Televenge and Southern Fried Women

Laine Cunningham's latest, He Drinks Poison, marries mystery with the strong literary flavor for which she is known in her award-winning novels like Message Stick. Her voice sings the cultural richness of the Hindu panthion using a lovely South-Asian FBI Agent protagonist to make a mark in Southern serial crime. With one foot planted in the laws of man and the other in a deeply spiritual world, Priya Conlin-Kumar fights to bring two serial killers to justice…This story is beautiful, smart, and as intriguing as any good genre mystery but the award-winning talents of the author make this tale intelligently deep with lyrical storytelling and strong character development. I've admired Laine Cunningham's writing prowess for several years but He Drinks Poison takes her talent to a new high, straddling the worlds of mystery and literary, crime-fighting and spiritual revelation, giving us a story we can't put down.
C. Hope Clark, Author
Lowcountry Bribe and The Carolina Slade Mystery Series

Goddess Kali, may we introduce Dr. Hannibal Lecter? He Drinks Poison is a thriller in the same vein as Silence of the Lambs but on a whole different level. Using metaphors and visions from Indian mythology as a framing device, it becomes not just the tale of a monstrously brilliant serial killer pursued by a dogged FBI agent dealing with her own past but a battle in the ongoing war between Good and Evil. With its well-crafted suspense and quick, deft characterizations, it was hard to put down.
Martin Smith, President
Pencil Point Mountain

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Nov 13, 2012
• ISBN: 9780982239940

Laine Cunningham

Laine Cunningham is a three-time recipient of The Hackney Award with prior publications in Pangyrus, Reed, Birmingham Arts, Fiction Southeast, Wraparound South, As You Were, Pensive, Borrowed Solace, Keeping Room, and Garfield Lake Review. She is the editor of Sunspot Literary Journal, an international arts and literature publication dedicated to speaking truth through every voice.