Household Devils

On Halloween night, five young people are standing before a strange old building. It's the epitome of a haunted house. It's nestled between trees that arch towards it with branches like spindly fingers. It looks uninviting. It looks . . . evil. But that's just fine. It's what they wanted. It's why they answered the advert — the one offering thrill-seekers the chance to spend All Hallows' Eve in a haunted house. But there's no reason for them to be scared, right? It's all pretence, like a cheap fairground ghost train ride. Well, the Devil is in the detail, or so they say. Come inside . . . if you dare.

"Aside from this being a solid horror read, fans of Hutchinson's short stories will find their thirst well and truly quenched as in the frame of this dark tale are woven six shorts in the same vein as the author's much-read 'Be Careful What You Wish For'. A unique novel, darker than anything Hutchinson has published previously."