Top 10 Spooky Book Gifts for Halloween $10 and Under

LOS ANGELES - Sept. 24, 2014 - PRLog -- Looking for alternative Halloween gifts that won’t rot your teeth, pile on the pounds or break the bank…..and may even encourage those you love to get back to something more traditional: reading? Then look no further.

Toula Mavridou-Messer, author of Amazon's 5 star reviewed Mortal End: A Simmering Pit of Jiggery Pokery tells us her top ten spine-chilling horror reads, in no particular order, that will definitely fill you with delicious dread at Halloween. Every single book on this list will have you looking over your shoulder and listening out for things that go bump in the night! Take a look - if you dare!

1. Dracula by Bram Stoker

2. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

3. Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) by Anne Rice

4. The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

5. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

6. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

7. The Fog by James Herbert

8. The Shining by Stephen King

9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling

10. Mortal End: A Simmering Pit of Jiggery Pokery by Toula Mavridou-Messer

Mortal End: A Simmering Pit of Jiggery Pokery is out now and along with all the other books on this list is available from Amazon, Kindle, Barnes & Noble and Powell's.

About Mortal End:
This fantasy whodunnit Mortal End: A Simmering Pit of Jiggery Pokery is filled with mystery and humour, a tantalising sense of suspense and absurd darkness, which will capture your imagination in a way no other murder mystery ever has.

As one reader says, "This is Grimm in the best way - it's a strange and twisted murder mystery, with the best logical explanation for anyone to build a gingerbread house. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I enjoyed this book immensely. Wonderfully Dickensian names, completely twisted logic, weirdly gorgeous descriptions - it's a totally bonkers dark fairy tale, with fantastic twists and turns and an unexpected ending. I am already looking forward to further jiggery pokery!"

Synopsis:
"A lightning storm sparks a fire deep in Phooka Wood.

The following morning, Mortal End’s self righteous rector Ænus P. Wordsworth, his sidekick Savant Poe and a motley crew of villagers venture into the wood to see what damage has been done.

To their amazed befuddlement, right in the centre of the seared earth is a giant mound of molten toffee and within it, a selection of human remains.

Ænus P. Wordsworth takes it upon himself to find out who these bones belong to and how they came to be there. In doing so, he uncovers a horrific tale of murder, incest and cannibalism that spreads throughout the neighbouring villages that surround Phooka Wood.

Their investigation takes them to all corners of their roundabout world; from Mortal End to the oozing Hamlet of Stifle and Little Napoo. Along their colourful journey, we are introduced to a larger than life cast from Doc Sheare the barber surgeon, Verrye Brutall the handsome woodsman, Beliala Bigswoln the publican’s daughter, Baron Rubigo Bluebeard and Umbra the Bogyman.

Everyone seems to have a secret that they are trying to hide that could give clues to the horror of Phooka Wood. Even Ænus P. Wordsworth has something to hide!"

Why does guilt hang heavy in this village like offal in a stew? What secret has the God-fearing Ænus P. Wordsworth kept so carefully? Where have all the children gone? These and many other questions will be answered when you read Mortal End.

ASIN: B00M7JABLK
ISBN 10: 1500669822
ISBN 13: 978-1500669829

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