Eden Book Society
Photographer Neil Morrish died of a drugs overdose, or so the police claim. His friend Kay Timmis does not believe them. In the months before his death, Neil had become increasingly distant, increasingly preoccupied, as if he suspected he might be in danger.
Kay is determined to discover the truth about what happened to him. The final photographs Neil took were all of the same man. But who is Gregory King, and how might he be linked with a tragic incident from Neil's past?
The Eden Book Society is a 'literary hoax' perpetuated by the publisher Dead Ink Books. The idea being that the 'Eden Family' published a series of subscription only horror novelettes each year from 1919 until 2006. To perpetrate their hoax Dead Ink have recruited a selection of pseudonymous authors - Chikodili Emelumadu, Grady Hendrix, Alison Rumfitt, Alex Pheby, Nina Allan, John Darnielle, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan & Kylie Whitehead - for this, the '1993 Collection'.
This, my fourth Eden Book is a bit of a corker.
Photographer Neil has died of an unlikely drug overdose leaving behind him an unfinished investigation into a missing kid, a roll of photographs of a far right political wannabe named 'Gregory King' and a whole lot of questions that his friend Kay wants answers to.
It becomes quite evident early on where the roots of Scott's story are planted and anyone with a familiarity with Robert Chambers' book will appreciate how well she's mirrored the enigmatic nature of the original stories. There's nothing obvious here and indeed things warp and twist as the story progresses in all manner of interesting ways that made for a fabulous read.
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