fter narrowly escaping a bomb blast during the blitz in WW-II London, poet Jack Crofton is threatened with death and worse by a mysterious soldier. Fleeing through the war-torn streets, he seeks sanctuary in a pub and falls into company with two elderly gentlemen who claim to be Holmes and Watson, the real life detectives that inspired Conan Doyle's fictions. Unconvinced but desperate, Jack shares his story, and Holmes agrees to take his case... Simon Clark is the author of several acclaimed novels including The Night of the Triffids - the official sequel to John Wyndham's classic The Day of the Triffids - and is widely acknowledged as one of the most original voices in modern dark fiction and horror. "One of the top genre novelists around today." - Starburst "Clark's is surely the most outrageous imagination to grace horror since the discovery of Clive Barker." - Hellnotes "The hottest new purveyor of horrific thrills currently working on these shores." - Big Issue
Author
Born, 20th April, 1958, Simon Clark is the author of such highly regarded horror novels as Nailed By The Heart, Blood Crazy, Darker, Vampyrrhic and The Fall, while his short stories have been collected in Blood & Grit and Salt Snake & Other Bloody Cuts. He has also written prose material for the internationally famous rock band U2. Raised in a family of storytellers – family legend told of a stolen human skull buried beneath the Clark garage – he sold his first ghost story to a radio station in his teens. Before becoming a full-time writer he held a variety of day jobs, that have involved strawberry picking, supermarket shelf stacking, office work, and scripting video promos. He lives with his wife and two children in mystical territory that lies on the border of Robin Hood country in England.
