Pest Maiden

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As Russell Fairley, dumped by his girlfriend, struggles to get over a lingering virus, his own life starts to resemble a fictional nightmare. The blood-processing plant where he works becomes a stage for mystery and tragedy, through which the medieval bringer of plagues, the Pest Maiden, seems to stalk. With the economy and precision for which she has been praised, Dilys Rose brings us the very human story of one man surviving a crisis - and conjures the shadow of a dark and ancient threat.

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Confident and convincing... Excellent fun... Dilys Rose tells a story compellingly - Candia McWilliam, Literary Review

Author Bio

Dilys Rose is a pivotal figure on the Scottish literary scene. A critic for the Scotsman, she is also a playwright, poet and the author of three previous collections of short stories. She has won the Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Award, the Macallan/Scotland on Sunday Short Story Award, and most recently a Scottish Arts Council Writer's Award for WAR DOLLS.