Demon: The bone-chilling, addictive bestseller (Six Stories Book 6) (6) (Six Stories Series)

Review\nPraise for the Six Stories series\n‘A gripping exposure of the underbelly of celebrity and obsessive fandom with lashings of supernatural horror – Daisy Jones and the Six gone to the dark side. I couldn’t put it down’ Harriet Tyce\n‘Matt Wesolowski is boldly carving his own uniquely dark niche in fiction’ Benjamin Myers\n‘Dark, twisty and incredibly clever ... an author to watch!’ C L Taylor\n‘A dark, twisting rabbit hole of a novel. You won't be able to put it down' Francine Toon\n‘First-class plotting’ S Magazine\n‘A dazzling fictional mystery’ Foreword Reviews\n‘Readers of Kathleen Barber’s Are You Sleeping and fans of Ruth Ware will enjoy this slim but compelling novel’ Booklist\n‘An exceptional storyteller' Andrew Michael Hurley\n‘Beautifully written, smart, compassionate – and scary as hell. Matt Wesolowski is one of the most exciting and original voices in crime fiction’ Alex North\n‘Insidiously terrifying, with possibly the creepiest woods since The Blair Witch Project … a genuine chiller with a whammy of an ending’ C J Tudor\n‘Frighteningly wonderful … one of the best books I’ve read in years’ Khurrum Rahman\n‘Disturbing, compelling and atmospheric, it will terrify and enthral you in equal measure’ M W Craven\n‘Bold, clever and genuinely chilling with a terrific’ Sunday Mirror\n‘A genuine genre-bending debut’ Daily Mail\n'Impeccably crafted and gripping from start to finish’ Big Issue\n‘The very epitome of a must-read’ Heat\n‘Wonderfully horrifying … the suspense crackles’ James Oswald\n‘Original, inventive and dazzlingly clever’ Fiona Cummins\n‘Haunting, horrifying, and heartrending. Fans of Arthur Machen will want to check this one out’ Publishers Weekly\n"[E]xceptional…Those with strong stomachs will best appreciate this one.” — Publishers Weekly\nScott King investigates allegations of demon possession in a rural Yorkshire village, where a 12-year-old boy was murdered by two young children. Book six in the spine-tingling, award-winning Six Stories series.\n‘Matt’s books are fantastic’ Ian Rankin\n‘An exceptional storyteller’ Andrew Michael Hurley\n‘Matt Wesolowski is taking the crime novel to places it’s never been before’ Joseph Knox, author of True Crime Story\n'A stunning new episode of the powerful Six Stories series. A masterful storyteller, Matt Wesolowski is my go-to writer for literary horror' C J Cooke, author of The Lighthouse Witches\n______________\nIn 1995, the picture-perfect village of Ussalthwaite was the site of one of the most heinous crimes imaginable, in a case that shocked the world.\nTwelve-year-old Sidney Parsons was murdered by two boys his own age. No reason was ever given for this terrible crime, and the ‘Demonic Duo’ who killed him were imprisoned until their release in 2002, when they were given new identities and lifetime anonymity.\nElusive online journalist Scott King investigates the lead-up and aftermath of the killing, uncovering dark stories of demonic possession, and encountering a village torn apart by this unspeakable act.\nAnd, as episodes of his Six Stories podcast begin to air, and King himself becomes a target of media scrutiny and public outrage, it becomes clear that whatever drove those two boys to kill is still there, lurking, and the campaign of horror has just begun...\n____________\n‘Matt Wesolowski is boldly carving his own uniquely dark niche in fiction’ Benjamin Myers\n‘Matt’s real skill is in finding a deeply human story and twisting it with the paranormal, touching the reader and scaring the wits out of them’ Chris MacDonald\n‘One of the most exciting and original voices in crime fiction’ Alex North\n‘A wonderful writer’ Chris Whitaker\n‘I’ll be rereading these books forever’ Sublime Horror\n‘The master of horror, of mixing folklore with urban myth and real life. Terrifyingly good’ Louise Beech\n‘A taut and gripping tale that deftly skewers the perfect balance of crime, thriller and horror. Intriguing, disturbing and impeccably craft