The Spook's Apprentice - Joseph Delaney

A chilling tale set back a few centuries, before the Victorian age, in a place called the County. He is the seventh son of a seventh son and is the only one left to defend the County by learning to bind boggarts and witches and send ghosts towards the light. But, when he meets a girl called Alice and accidently frees the most dangerous witch in the County, Mother Malkin, it is up to him to put things right again. Filled with peril and excitement, it will keep you on the edge of your seat. Just follow the warning at the back of the book: do not read after dark…

Reviewed by A Peile