Another Fine Mess: A Novel
Apr 2025 · A Bless Your Heart Novel Book 2 · Minotaur Books
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From Lindy Ryan, "one of the most electrifying voices in the horror genre” (Gwendolyn Kiste), Another Fine Mess brings the Evans women back around in this unputdownable, crackling, rollicking mystery of humor, heart, and horror.
Making sure dead things stay buried is the family business...
For over a hundred years, the Evans women have kept the undead in their strange southeast Texas town from rising. But sometimes the dead rise too quick–and that’s what left Lenore Evans, and her granddaughter Luna, burying Luna’s mother, Grace, and Lenore’s mother, Ducey. Now the only two women left in the Evans family, Luna and Lenore are left rudderless in the wake of the most Godawful Mess to date.
But when the full moon finds another victim, it’s clear their trouble is far from over. Now Lenore, Luna, and the new sheriff—their biggest ally—must dig deep down into family lore to uncover what threatens everything they love most. The body count ticks up, the most unexpected dead will rise–forcing Lenore and Luna to face the possibility that the undead aren’t the only monsters preying on their small town.
Making sure dead things stay buried is the family business...
For over a hundred years, the Evans women have kept the undead in their strange southeast Texas town from rising. But sometimes the dead rise too quick–and that’s what left Lenore Evans, and her granddaughter Luna, burying Luna’s mother, Grace, and Lenore’s mother, Ducey. Now the only two women left in the Evans family, Luna and Lenore are left rudderless in the wake of the most Godawful Mess to date.
But when the full moon finds another victim, it’s clear their trouble is far from over. Now Lenore, Luna, and the new sheriff—their biggest ally—must dig deep down into family lore to uncover what threatens everything they love most. The body count ticks up, the most unexpected dead will rise–forcing Lenore and Luna to face the possibility that the undead aren’t the only monsters preying on their small town.
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Kristina Anderson
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June 10, 2025
Another Fine Mess is the second book in the Bless Your Heart series. I found Another Fine Mess to be this odd combination of True Blood, the Twilight series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the movie, not the show) as well as a pinch of paranormal mystery. . It is an overly complicated story that seems endless. The storyline was muddled & juvenile. I quickly tired of the repetitive details. Another Fine Mess was not an enjoyable story to read (as you can tell).
Lorena Dinger
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April 15, 2025
The continuing story of a family of women who run a funeral parlor in a small Texas town has a high body count & lots of gore, but also plenty of humor & heart-warming moments. The story is told in multiple points of view, alternating between the perspectives of each of the Evans women & other town residents. I found the characters likable and loved the found family vibes. I appreciated the author’s unique take on the undead and how she continues to expand that mythology.
About the author
Lindy Ryan is a Bram Stoker Awards® Nominee and a Silver Falchion Award-winning editor, author, professor, short-film director, and anthologist whose books have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Library Journal. A Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree, Ryan is the author of BLESS YOUR HEART, COLD SNAP, and more. She is the current author-in-residence at Rue Morgue, the world’s leading horror culture and entertainment brand, and the “Chill Quill” columnist at BookTrib. Her guest articles and features include NPR, BBC Culture, Irish Times, Daily Mail, and more. In 2022, Ryan was named one of horror's most masterful anthology curators, and she has been declared a "champion for women's voices in horror" by Shelf Awareness (2023). Her animated short film, TRICK OR TREAT, ALISTAIR GRAY, based on her children's book of the same name, won the Grand Prix Award at the 2022 ANMTN Awards. Lindy also writes contemporary romance that has been adapted for film.
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