Sam Hain by Hamid Amirani

Sam Hain by Hamid Amirani

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Sam Hain by Hamid Amirani


Publication date: 1st August 2025
Genres: Horror
Pages: 472 pages

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A misanthropic horror comedy for people who think humanity had it coming

Sam Hain is a San Francisco P.I. with a permanently raised eyebrow and moronic homicidal parents he hasn’t seen in 18 years — not since they tried to cast him in a DIY snuff film.

Mike is a demon — or, as he prefers, a diabolical entity — with his own ideas about how best to punish the human race.

When an anonymous letter arrives, along with $500 in cash, asking Sam to investigate a murder in a small town, he’s curious enough to get in the car. That, plus he has nothing better to do.

The victim? A man found dead inside a tumble dryer.

The clue? The name MIKE, written in blood above the body.

The twist? The letter was postmarked before the murder happened.

Soon, Sam’s navigating a town full of eccentrics: an elderly laundromat owner who speaks fluent profanity, a death metal teen with conservative parents, a bigoted religious fundamentalist, and a hedonistic teacher on Sam’s wavelength who doesn’t believe in small talk. Meanwhile, the local sheriff — experiencing his first murder case in decades — follows Sam around like a kid at Disneyland.

And Mike? Mike is powerful. Mike has plans. And he really, really hates stupid people. In that regard, he and Sam have something in common.

Twisted, sardonic and wildly inappropriate, SAM HAIN is a critically acclaimed murder mystery wrapped in a demonic satire — and it absolutely does not want to be your friend.


About Hamid Amirani

Hamid Amirani was born in Iran and came to London not long after. He studied Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Before turning to fiction, Amirani worked across a wide range of media and creative roles – from proofreading and freelance blogging for an American camera bag company, to interviewing director Michael Bay for a print feature. His horror-comedy spec script earned a Recommend from Script Pipeline, the screenwriting platform set up by Donnie Darko producer Sean McKittrick.

In the late 1990s, Amirani was a guest on The James Whale Radio Show after a series of calls as his alter ego GanjaMan led to a studio invitation.

He began writing his debut novel, SAM HAIN, during lockdown, which helped stave off cabin fever. A genre-blending satire, it marks his first full-length work of fiction.


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