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WYRD AND OTHER DERELICTIONS by Adam Nevill

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Steve Bacon

Adam Nevill is one of the key figures in contemporary British horror, but to label him as just a horror writer is to do him a disservice. He’s simply a great writer, with the rare ability to be equally adept … Continue reading →

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DAVID BOWIE : A LIFE by Dylan Jones

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Steve Bacon

The best kind of biographies (and autobiographies) offer a personal insight into the career of a particular individual and allow us to embark on their journey through life with them. They give intimate details about that person, allowing us to … Continue reading →

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MR GODLEY’S PHANTOM by Mal Peet

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Steve Bacon

Martin Heath returns from World War II a broken man, psychologically damaged by the wartime horrors he experienced fighting in Europe. After struggling to return to his old life, he is offered the opportunity of a new start as chauffeur … Continue reading →

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WAKENHYRST by Michelle Paver

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Steve Bacon

Wake’s End is a rambling manor house located in the depths of the Suffolk Fens. The year is 1906, and young Maud Stearn is trying to find her way in a household ruled by her puritanical and disciplinarian father, Edmund, … Continue reading →

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A PLACE OF EXECUTION by Val McDermid

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Steve Bacon

When 13 year old Alison Carter vanishes in the winter of 1963, the impact is felt keenly on the inhabitants of Scardale, the Peak District farming hamlet in which she lived. Derbyshire police investigator George Bennett, taking on his first … Continue reading →

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THE POSTSCRIPT MURDERS by Elly Griffiths

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Steve Bacon

Bestselling novelist Elly Griffiths has been writing mystery stories since 2009’s The Crossing Places, which launched series investigator Dr Ruth Galloway. Her 1950s Brighton-set series featuring Mephisto and Stephens began with The Zig Zag Girl, published in 2014. The Stranger … Continue reading →

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DARK TALES by Shirley Jackson

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Steve Bacon

Shirley Jackson is one of the greatest writers of weird fiction of all time. Her novels The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle are landmark titles in the classic catalogue of acclaimed supernatural fiction. … Continue reading →

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ENGINES BENEATH US by Malcolm Devlin

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Steve Bacon

Rob lives with his parents on The Crescent, a row of houses built to accommodate the employees of The Works and their families. Beneath the city, machines rumble and gears grind, a mysterious and persistent counterpoint to the lives of … Continue reading →

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WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOVE by Raymond Carver

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Steve Bacon

A collection of short stories from one of America’s best short fiction writers. The prose is stripped down and spare, often snapshots of ordinary lives, but throbbing with regret and sorrow. Carver’s style feels very straightforward from the outside, but … Continue reading →

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SURVIVOR SONG by Paul Tremblay

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Steve Bacon

Over the past few years Paul G Tremblay has steadily built an impressive reputation as a writer of dark fiction, with such acclaimed novels as A Head Full of Ghosts, Disappearance at Devil’s Rock and The Cabin at the End … Continue reading →

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