Daryl Gregory’s The Album of Dr. Moreau combines the science fiction premise of the famous novel by H. G. Wells with the panache of a classic murder mystery and the spectacle of a beloved boy band.

It’s 2001, and the WyldBoyZ are the world’s hottest boy band, and definitely the world’s only genetically engineered human-animal hybrid vocal group. When their producer, Dr. M, is found murdered in his hotel room, the boyz become the prime suspects. Was it Bobby the ocelot ( the cute one ), Matt the megabat ( the funny one ), Tim the Pangolin ( the shy one ), Devin the bonobo ( the romantic one ), or Tusk the elephant ( the smart one )?

Las Vegas Detective Luce Delgado has only twenty-four hours to solve a case that goes all the way back to the secret science barge where the WyldBoyZ’ journey first began-a place they used to call home.