Aug 292011
Mortlock by Jon Mayhew
(Bloomsbury, PB £6.99, out now)
Every now and then a book comes along that blows your mind. Mortlock, by the very talented storyteller, Jon Mayhew, is the latest to impress. It’s billed as a Teen Fiction book (a burgeoning genre in itself) but it would stand proudly next to any book in the ‘grown up’ horror section. Set in Victorian England, the story follows a brother and sister as they’re chased around the country by a menagerie of truly terrifying characters who are after the secret of the Amarant, a flower that has power over death. There are few books that have as many touching moments but can terrify at the same time.
Jonathan Taylor, Senior Bookseller, Waterstone’s Edinburgh Fort Kinnaird
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