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TOOTH & CLAW by Dave Jeffery. Review by Trevor Kennedy for Phantasmagoria Magazine.

The great and the not-so-good have been summoned to The Grange, the plush stately home of the unsavoury criminal Jacob Rothschild somewhere in the English countryside. The host has invited his wealthy guests to his extravagant surroundings to take part in a little bit of sport. A hunt, no less. Marty and Oscar are there, as are the suitably named Okill sisters. Ian and Alana are included in the company too, but th TOOTH & CLAW by Dave Jeffery. Review by Trevor Kennedy for Phantasmagoria Magazine.

The great and the not-so-good have been summoned to The Grange, the plush stately home of the unsavoury criminal Jacob Rothschild somewhere in the English countryside. The host has invited his wealthy guests to his extravagant surroundings to take part in a little bit of sport. A hunt, no less. Marty and Oscar are there, as are the suitably named Okill sisters. Ian and Alana are included in the company too, but they also just happen to be undercover, working for the nearby police looking to take down Rothschild’s criminal empire.
As Ian and Alana’s clandestine agenda begins to feel the strain, it is revealed that this hunt may not be quite as simple as originally expected. The big game, you see, is a ferocious beast of mythical legend that will take a bit more than top-of-the-range crossbows and sheer wit to deal with. As the tension is upped and the hunters becomes the hunted, not everyone is guaranteed to survive the night…
When all is said and done, I just f*cking love werewolves. Always have done and always will. From the John Landis 1981 masterclass on the sub-genre, An American Werewolf in London, to Neil Marshall’s hugely entertaining Dog Soldiers in 2002 (not forgetting Michael Jackson’s creepy metamorphosis at the beginning of his ‘80s music video of Thriller, also directed by Landis, incidentally), I have always had a particular soft spot in my darkened heart for our lycanthropic friends. So author Dave Jeffery really couldn’t have picked a more suitable reviewer for this new book of his, Tooth & Claw.
It’s all great fun, never taking itself too seriously, and actually put me in mind of another monstrous favourite of mine, a Peter Cushing Amicus flick from 1974, The Beast Must Die - which really should have been titled ‘The Alsatian Dog Must Die’, but anyway…
Jeffery is a highly skilled writer whose descriptive work flows throughout, always ensuring that his stories remain fast-paced and, of course, thoroughly enjoyable. He is a man who has also proved himself adept at the authoring of not just adult horror, but other genres including Young Adult fiction with his Beatrice Beecham supernatural mystery series.
So if you’re looking a fun night in with your feet up, indulging in a gratifying horror story, then go check out Tooth & Claw by Dave Jeffery.

Tooth & Claw is a Grinning Skull Press publication available to purchase from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other retailers. It also contains extracts of upcoming Grinning Skull Press publications.

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