Charlesworth, a librarian who finds himself suddenly alone: he’s lost his job, his beloved wife has just died. Overcome by grief, he searches for clues about her disappearance in a file of interviews between a man called "Wiggy" and a cat, Roger. Who speaks to him...And he’s got a tale to tell, a tale of shocking local history and dark forces that may link not only the death of Alec’s wife, but also several other local deaths. But will the cat help Alec, or is he one of the dark forces?"
This book is certainly not for those looking for a cohesive narrative or stellar plot building. It was silly and camp and an all round fun read. It seems to be classed as horror, but I think the author wrote it tongue-in-cheek. If you’re a horror fan looking for a spine-tingler you won’t find it here.
It certainly has its issues as a book. You can follow what’s happening but the narrative skips and jumps for no reason. When Truss builds up to an interesting scene like a heist or a murder mystery reveal, she skips it and jumps ahead to the aftermath before going back to the safety of Alec or Wiggy’s overly chatty, rather scatterbrained narration. The ending is also a let down. Events stumble clumsily to the final act and then, just when I thought it couldn’t possibly be this predictable, when Truss MUST do something a little different to make things at least a bit interesting, she opts instead for exactly the least original choice.
However despite my grumblings, I actually did enjoy this book. I could feel that Truss was having fun writing this book and just let herself spurt all the weirdest silliest dialogue onto the page. I couldn't help but be infected by the wonderful craziness of the whole thing, and the dry, pop culture studded humour was right up my alley.
Age Rating 17+. Some pretty graphic murder scenes, awful torture and gore.
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