Red Bride - Christopher Fowler

Christopher Fowler's books have always been pretty difficult to get hold of. When I first started reading his work, I found that Amazon and Waterstones were always the best places to find his past novels. This twin-pronged attack served me well until I only had one of his novels left to find, an early book titled "Red Bride". I'd virtually given up finding a copy as it was out of print, and even the author himself describes it as “virtually impossible to find anywhere” That was until a copy was located for me on eBay by a friend who knew how big a fan I was and how hard I’d hunted for a copy. When it was sent to me, I was like a child on ...  Read the complete review

?This is for you!? he cried, realigning the gun and squeezing off a single shot which reverberated through the fairy labyrinth. As the screaming began, he looked down to see that the top of Father Christmas?s head had exploded over the surprised infant. The child was thrown clear as the rotund body toppled slowly to one side and fell to the floor, pumping blood across the artificial snow and spattering a set of cheeky lightbulb-nosed reindeer with spots of crimson.? Those of you who abhor the excessive run up to Christmas as much as I will find this extract from the novel as amusing as I did. Unfortunately this is the most enjoyable paragraph in the book! ...  Read the complete review