Wakening the Crow by Stephen Gregory. Published by Rebellion

When Oliver finds an old tooth in a velvet box that supposedly came from Edgar Allen Poe, he puts the tooth on display in his aptly named “Poe’s Tooth Books” bookshop. Life has changed for Oliver and his little family since daughter Chloe’s accident. While Oliver feels he is somewhat to blame for the incident, to be perfectly honest he prefers his daughter now. She’s much quieter and easier to control. His wife, Rosie, however, still holds out hope that her daughter will make a full recovery. Then Oliver sees the crow, mangy and old, it refuses to leave, and soon things begin to change in the family. Their relationships become fraught with tension, anger and something else. Is this Poe’s revenge?

A wonderful, wicked novel that could have been written by the dark master (Poe) himself. Fiendish.

 

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