Book cover for The John Persons Files: Hammers on Bone and a Song for Quiet by Cassandra Khaw

The John Persons Files

Hammers on Bone and a Song for Quiet

2026 Released
160 Pages
2-3 Hours
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Paperback Available November 10, 2026
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Tor NightfireISBN 9781250437082

Experience bestselling author Cassandra Khaw's hard-boiled, Lovecraftian horror series, Persons Non Grata, in one volume, containing the novellas Hammers on Bone and A Song for Quiet, and a brand-new story, 'You Were Always Mine'.

John Persons is a private investigator--a good one. Over the course of his ancient, arcane existence, he's hunted gods and demons, and broken them in his teeth. He's also a monster, which makes him perfect for the darkest, most dangerous jobs.

Deacon James is a rambling bluesman straight from Georgia - a Black man with troubles he can't escape and music that won't let him go. When he crosses paths with John Persons, he thinks the PI is a madman. But this weird, monstrous investigator may be the only person who can help him.

Enter a world of frightening, eldritch delights, where danger lurks in every corner and monsters sometimes wear familiar faces.

Also by Cassandra Khaw:
Find Me Where it Ends
The Library at Hellebore
The Salt Grows Heavy
Nothing But Blackened Teeth
The Dead Take the A Train (co-written with Richard Kadrey)

Cassandra Khaw

Cassandra Khaw is a scriptwriter at Ubisoft Montreal. Her fiction has been nominated for the Locus Award and the British Fantasy Award, and her game writing has won a German Game Award. You can find her short stories in places like F&SF, Lightspeed, and Tor.com. Her novella Nothing But Blackened Teeth is coming out from Nightfire, the new Tor horror imprint in 2021.

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