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The creatures were in a rut. The tiny monster was tired of being mistaken for a booger — and being eaten by kids! The punk-rock cashier was mired in small-town blues — and surrounded by country music! And the old grouch was annoyed with everything — and everyone! With good reason! "Just look around!" it often thought. "The world is rotten!"Indeed, it was. Humanity, they agreed, was disgusting.

Detective Reich Torcell lives with ghosts. Ever since the night his partner was gunned down in a cold, quiet alley, he’s been chasing shadows and bleeding guilt. When he’s forced to team up with a new detective, he expects tension—but not attraction. Not her. Detective Diana Rivera came to escape her past, not to inherit someone else’s nightmare. But Reich’s demons are now hers too—especially when a series of grotesque murders begins to unravel, each more sadistic than the last. Victims displayed like art. Messages carved in flesh. And one brutal promise aimed directly at Diana.

Set to the tune of the same name, Yankee Doodle rides through the Revolutionary War spying on the Redcoats and cheering George Washington's troops on to victory.