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Novel by Joe R. Lansdale

Act of Love
Artwork by Mark A. Nelson
Author	Joe R. Lansdale
Cover artist	Mark A. Nelson
Language	English
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Cemetery Dance Publications, Subterranean Press, Carroll and Graf
Publication date	1981
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print hardcover, limited edition
Pages	319
ISBN	1-881475-04-2
Followed by	Texas Night Riders (1983)

Act of Love is a 1981 serial killer horror novel written by American author Joe R. Lansdale. This is Lansdale's first full-length novel.

Plot summary

Set in Houston, Texas this novel tells the story of a vicious serial killer terrorizing the entire city and the police officers' desperation to stop him. Police lieutenant Marvin Hanson leads the investigation. The killer has chosen the poor seedy side of town as his hunting grounds. As the killings become more and more gruesome, the entire city becomes under siege.

Editions

Originally published in 1981 by a small publishing house called Zebra Books, this novel has been re-issued as both a limited edition and as a trade hardcover. It was first re-issued by Cemetery Dance Publications (1992) and then by Subterranean Press (2012). It was also published as a paperback by Carroll and Graf in 1995.

Subterranean Press edition. Artwork by Timothy Truman.

References

"Robert McCammon » Robert R. McCammon interviews Joe R. Lansdale". www.robertmccammon.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
"Act of Love by Joe R. Lansdale". www.fictiondb.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
Kelly, Christopher (2012-04-07). "A Fresh Discovery, Three Decades in the Making". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
"Cemetery Dance Publications: Act of Love". www.cemeterydance.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-59606-417-1 Publishers Weekly Review retrieved 8 November 2012

External links

v t e Works by Joe R. Lansdale
Hap and Leonard series	Savage Season (1990) Mucho Mojo (1994) The Two-Bear Mambo (1995) Bad Chili (1997) Rumble Tumble (1998) Veil's Visit: a Taste of Hap and Leonard (1999) Captains Outrageous (2001) Vanilla Ride (2009) Devil Red (2011) Hyenas: a Hap and Leonard Novella (2011) Dead Aim (2013) Briar Patch Boogie: A Hap and Leonard Novelette (2015) Honky Tonk Samurai (2016) Hap and Leonard Ride Again (2016) Hoodoo Harry (2016) Coco Butternut: A Hap and Leonard Novella (2017) Rusty Puppy (Hap Collins and Leonard Pine) (2017) Hap and Leonard: Blood and Lemonade (2017) Cold Cotton: A Hap and Leonard Novella (2017) Jackrabbit Smile (2018) The Elephant of Surprise (2019) The Big Book of Hap and Leonard (2019) Of Mice and Minestrone: Hap and Leonard: The Early Years (2020) Born for Trouble: The Further Adventures of Hap and Leonard (2022)
Novels	Act of Love (1981) Texas Night Riders (1983) Dead in the West (1986) The Magic Wagon (1986) The Nightrunners (1987) Cold in July (1989) Tarzan: The Lost Adventure (1995) The Boar (1998) Freezer Burn (1999) Waltz of Shadows (1999) The Big Blow (2000) Blood Dance (2000) The Bottoms (2000) A Fine Dark Line (2002) Sunset and Sawdust (2004) Lost Echoes (2007) Leather Maiden (2008) All the Earth, Thrown to the Sky (2011) Edge of Dark Water (2012) In Waders from Mars (2012) The Thicket (2013) Paradise Sky (2015) Fender Lizards (2015) Hell's Bounty (2016) Bubba and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers (2017) Jane Goes North (2020) More Better Deals (2020) Big Lizard (2020) Moon Lake (2021) The Donut Legion (2023)
Novellas	On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks (1989) Bubba Ho-Tep (1994) Something Lumber This Way Comes (1999) Under the Warrior Star (2010) Christmas with the Dead (2010) A Bone Dead Sadness (2012) The Ape Man's Brother (2013) Hot in December (2013) Prisoner 489 (2014) Black Hat Jack (2014)
Short story collections	By Bizarre Hands (1989) Stories by Mama Lansdale's Youngest Boy (1991) Bestsellers Guaranteed (1993) Electric Gumbo: A Lansdale Reader (1994) Writer of the Purple Rage (1994) The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent (1996) Atomic Chili (1998) The Long Ones (1999) Triple Feature (1999) High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale (2000) For a Few Stories More (2002) A Little Green Book of Monster Stories (2003) Bumper Crop (2004) Mad Dog Summer and Other Stories (2004) The King and Other Stories (2005) The God of the Razor (2007) The Shadows, Kith and Kin (2007) Sanctified and Chicken Fried (2009) Unchained and Unhinged (2009) The Best of Joe R. Lansdale (2010) Deadman's Road (2010) By Bizarre Hands Rides Again (2010) Trapped in the Saturday Matinee (2012) Bleeding Shadows (2013) A Pair of Aces (2014) The Tall Grass and Other Stories (2015) Dead on the Bones: Pulp on Fire (2016) Terror is Our Business (2018)
Graphic novels	Crawling Sky (2013) Jonah Hex: Shadows West (2014)
Anthologies edited	Retro-Pulp Tales (2006) Son of Retro Pulp Tales (2009)
Essays and Memoirs	Miracles Ain't What They Used To Be (2016)
Other works	Mark Stone: MIA Hunter

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