The set up is simple initially. Angie and Rust (don't call him Russel- he doesn't like it) live in an isolated house set just outside one of the most haunted villages in England. It's December and they've started with their unusual Christmas traditions. On the first of the month, an anonymous card arrives addressed to Rust. It contains a strange and vaguely threatening message.
Every day another card arrives, each with a threatening message. All this is mixed in with Angie's clear memories of a scary show she watched as a child, but which did not exist.
As the book moves on, things get weirder and weirder and the final section of this book might be one of the strangest things I've read this year.
Rust was a great protagonist, relatable and capable of genuinely funny humour that didn't detract from the escalating threat.
The prose is polished and easily readable. I had good fun with this. I've read a few of Kim Newman's books in the distant past and he's always a solid reliable read. Check out his work as Harry Adam Knight as well, especially The Fungus.
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