Social worker Johnny Malkin is battling a crippling workload and a hostile local community. That’s on a good day: things are about to get a whole lot worse.
Two fourteen-year-old girls are found wandering Aitken Wood on the slopes of Pendle Hill, claiming to have been raped by a gang of men. With no female social workers available, Johnny is assigned to their case. But what, at first, looks like yet another incident of child exploitation takes a sinister turn when the girls start speaking of a forthcoming apocalypse.
When Johnny interviews one of the girls, Jenna Dunham, her story starts to unravel. His investigation draws him into a tight-knit village community in the shadow of Pendle Hill, where whispers of witchcraft and child abuse go back to the Middle Ages.
One name recurs: The Hobbledy Man. Is he responsible for the outbreaks of violence sweeping across the country? ~Taken From Goodreads
Two fourteen-year-old girls are found wandering Aitken Wood on the slopes of Pendle Hill, claiming to have been raped by a gang of men. With no female social workers available, Johnny is assigned to their case. But what, at first, looks like yet another incident of child exploitation takes a sinister turn when the girls start speaking of a forthcoming apocalypse.
When Johnny interviews one of the girls, Jenna Dunham, her story starts to unravel. His investigation draws him into a tight-knit village community in the shadow of Pendle Hill, where whispers of witchcraft and child abuse go back to the Middle Ages.
One name recurs: The Hobbledy Man. Is he responsible for the outbreaks of violence sweeping across the country? ~Taken From Goodreads
This story is part folklore, part thriller, part horror, and part paranormal. It touches on many different dark topics, including rape, racism, riots and child grooming. It may not be a book for everyone, but I really did like it!
This is the second book I have read by the author, and he just has an amazing knack for creating characters, both good and bad, that seem so real. So multidimensional that imagining them while reading is no problem at all. Descriptions of places and events were well done, and even I, an American that's never been to England, had no problem seeing the story in my mind.
Overall, this book is so well written, with so many different and interesting angles, yet wrapped up perfectly. It made me think, it gave me chills, and at times scared the crap out of me!
This book is available now on Amazon and Barnes & Noble so get it now! A definite 5 star book!
Big thanks to Paul Southern for gifting me a copy to read and give my honest review!
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