From the acclaimed author of Anno Dracula the perfect gift for those who love the dark
fantastic imagination of T. Kingfisher this is a nightmarish tale of a haunted Christmas set
deep in the British countryside not too long ago. Cosy traditions are made twisted and
terrifying as a mother and son grapple with their painful past. December 1st. Angie and her
teenage son Rust prepare for Christmas stringing fairy lights around their isolated home on
the Somerset levels and decorating a tree >The cards keep coming one each day and each more
sinister than the last and a >Christmas cheer is gradually poisoned with cruels instead of
carols the turkey rotting in the fridge unwelcome visits from the Merciless Gentlemen and the
Jingle Basterds and Rust becoming increasingly unwell. Angie begins to wonder if her childhood
Christmases were in fact as joy filled as she remembers... A frightening tale of seasonal dread
from the acclaimed author of Anno Dracula. Cosy traditions are made twisted and terrifying as a
mother and son grapple with their painful past.
