White Trash Zombie Apocalypse

Angel Crawford, a working-class Louisiana zombie whose job as a morgue tech keeps her supplied with the brains that prevent her from decaying into a homicidal monster, is caught up in undead politics when she’s almost run over on the set of—ironically—a zombie movie. Tying up loose ends from Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues and setting the stage for the next book, Angel’s third outing paddles into the tepid waters of middle-book syndrome, but there’s enough zombie action and humor to keep series fans invested. Angel remains a likable underdog, striving to improve her lot as well as living the life of an ethical zombie: the reader never loses sight of the fact that in life she was dealt a rough hand—poverty, dyslexia, a neglectful mother—and no amount of zombie-mojo will make that go away entirely. Agent: Matt Bialer, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. (July)