Wish You Werent Here
By (Author) Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
Duckworth Books
Farrago
14th October 2021
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Classic horror and ghost stories
Magical realism
Humorous fiction
Contemporary fantasy
Family life fiction
Dark fantasy
Adventure / action fiction
Horror and supernatural fiction
Ghosts and poltergeists
823.92
Paperback
304
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
The Rook family run a little business: ghost hunting. And things have picked up recently. Something's wrong. It's been getting noticeably worse since, ooh, 2016
Bad spirits are abroad, and right now they're particularly around Coldbay Island, which isn't even abroad, it's only 20 miles from Skegness. The Rooks' 'quick call out' to the island picks loose a thread that begins to unravel the whole place, and the world beyond.
Is this the apocalypse This might be the apocalypse. Who knew it would kick off in an off-season seaside resort off the Lincolnshire coast I'll tell you who knew - Brenda. She's been feeling increasingly uneasy about the whole of the East Midlands since the 90s.
'Gabby isone of the funniest writers I know'Sarah Millican
Gabby Hutchinson Crouch(Horrible Histories,Newzoids,The News Quiz,The Now Show) has a background in satire, and with the global political climate as it is, believes that now is an important time to explore themes of authoritarianism and intolerance in comedy and fiction.Born in Pontypool, Wales and raised in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Gabby moved to Canterbury at 18 to study at the University of Kent and ended up staying to start a family.