📱 eBook en inglés BEAST

Elusive online journalist Scott King examines the chilling case of a young vlogger found frozen to death in the legendary local vampire tower, in another explosive episode of Six Stories…

***Winner of the Capital Crime Award for Best Independent Voice***

Matt Wesolowski brilliantly depicts a desperate and disturbed corner of north-east England in which paranoia reigns and goodness is thwarted … an exceptional storytellerAndrew Michael Hurley

Endlessly inventive and with literary thrills a-plenty, Matt Wesolowski is boldly carving his own uniquely dark niche in fictionBenjamin Myers

Beautifully written, smart, compassionate – and scary as hell. Matt Wesolowski is one of the most exciting and original voices in crime fictionAlex North

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A frozen girl
A haunted town
A deadly challenge
Six Stories
Which one is true?

In the wake of the Beast from the East cold snap that ravaged the UK in 2018, a grisly discovery was made in a ruin on the Northumbrian coast. Twenty-four-year-old Vlogger, Elizabeth Barton, had been barricaded inside what locals refer to as The Vampire Tower, where she was later found frozen to death.

Three young men, part of an alleged cult, were convicted of this terrible crime, which they described as a prank gone wrong. However, in the small town of Ergarth, questions have been raised about the nature of Elizabeth Bartons death and whether the three convicted youths were even responsible.

Elusive online journalist Scott King speaks to six witnesses – people who knew both the victim and the three killers – to peer beneath the surface of the case. He uncovers whispers of a shocking online craze that held the young of Ergarth in its thrall and drove them to escalate a series of pranks in the name of internet fame. He hears of an abattoir on the edge of town, which held more than simple slaughter behind its walls, the tragic and chilling legend of the Ergarth Vampire…

Both a compulsive, taut and terrifying thriller, and a bleak and distressing look at modern societys desperation for attention, Beast will unveil a darkness from which you may never return…

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Praise for the Six Stories series

Frighteningly wonderful … one of the best books Ive read in yearsKhurrum Rahman

Disturbing, compelling and atmospheric, it will terrify and enthral you in equal measureM W Craven

First-class plottingS Magazine

A dazzling fictional mysteryForeword Reviews

Readers of Kathleen Barbers Are You Sleeping and fans of Ruth Ware will enjoy this slim but compelling novelBooklist

Insidiously terrifying, with possibly the creepiest woods since The Blair Witch Project … a genuine chiller with a whammy of an endingC J Tudor

Bold, clever and genuinely chillingDeidre OBrien, Sunday Mirror

A genuine genre-bending debut Carla McKay, Daily Mail

Impeccably crafted and gripping from start to finishDoug Johnstone, The Big Issue

The very epitome of a must-readHeat

Wonderfully horrifying … the suspense cracklesJames Oswald

Original, inventive and dazzlingly cleverFiona Cummins

A complex and subtle mystery, unfolding like dark origami to reveal the black heart insideMichael Marshall Smith

Haunting, horrifying, and heartrending. Fans of Arthur Machen, whose unsettling tale ...