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 storyteller' Andrew Michael Hurley
'Endlessly inventive and with literary thrills a-plenty, Matt
Wesolowski is boldly carving his own uniquely dark niche in
fiction' Benjamin Myers 'Beautifully written, smart, compassionate
- and scary as hell. Matt Wesolowski is one of the most exciting
and original voices in crime fiction' Alex North
____________________ 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 Barton's
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 society's
desperation for attention, Beast will unveil a darkness from which
you may never return... ____________________ Praise for the Six
Stories series 'Frighteningly wonderful ... one of the best books
I've read in years' Khurrum Rahman 'Disturbing, compelling and
atmospheric, it will terrify and enthral you in equal measure' M W
Craven 'First-class plotting' S Magazine 'A dazzling fictional
mystery' Foreword Reviews 'Readers of Kathleen Barber's Are You
Sleeping and fans of Ruth Ware will enjoy this slim but compelling
novel' Booklist 'Insidiously terrifying, with possibly the
creepiest woods since The Blair Witch Project ... a genuine chiller
with a whammy of an ending' C J Tudor 'Bold, clever and genuinely
chilling' Deidre O'Brien, Sunday Mirror 'A genuine genre-bending
debut' Carla McKay, Daily Mail 'Impeccably crafted and gripping
from start to finish' Doug Johnstone, The Big Issue 'The very
epitome of a must-read' Heat 'Wonderfully horrifying ... the
suspense crackles' James Oswald 'Original, inventive and dazzlingly
clever' Fiona Cummins 'A complex and subtle mystery, unfolding like
dark origami to reveal the black heart inside' Michael Marshall
Smith 'Haunting, horrifying, and heartrending. Fans of Arthur
Machen, whose unsettling tale The White People provides an
epigraph, will want to check this one out' Publishers Weekly
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