I chose this audio book to listen to on my daily commute, thinking it was a “British Crime”, only to discover that is it a “British Horror”. But I was not disappointed. I found this story seriously creepy. It’s a classic horror trope: a group of individuals thrown together and isolated from the rest of the world, with no hope of rescue, facing an unnamed horror. And like all good horror story characters, instead of staying together - safety in numbers, don’t you know? - they start wandering off by themselves and - surprise - disappearing, the only evidence remaining being a bloody tooth, still embedded in the torn remains of gum!
But I forgive F. G. Cottam this familiar plot device, because he does such a fabulous job of drawing all these characters so well; they do no descend into stereotypes. The atmosphere he creates on this isolated island off the Scottish coast is truly menacing.
I raced to the end of this book and was not disappointed.
Don’t read this book when you are home alone!