A week after the disappearance of a young boy in a playing field near her house, Margie Jones witnesses a man digging in the spot where the boy was last seen. She goes out to confront him and finds that he is burying his pet dog.
When she takes him back to her house to rest and warm up, he tells her an incredible story of the field, the dog, and the thing that lives in the field.
I raced through this on New Year's Eve and it's actually a contender for best book of the year.
This book hit nearly every emotional spot with pinpoint aim. It features a genuinely scary monster, and also a moving story of a boy and his dog, laced with gentle humour and heartbreak.
I really can't praise this book too highly. Neil McRobert is a new name to me, but I will be seeking out more of his work for absolute certain. He has the deft easy touch with his writing that drags you in and makes you care for his characters, which makes it all the more upsetting when bad things happen to them.
There are 6 books so far in this series of novellas. The three I've read have been very good, and this one excellent. The people at Wild Hunt Books really know what they're doing.
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