Blending a police procedural ’whodunnit’ with traditional Gothic Horror, Simon Corbin’s BLACK DOG fuses two of the most popular genres in modern literature in a gripping tale of mystery and suspense.

Set in North Norfolk, BLACK DOG recounts the tale of DCI Frank Homes of the Norfolk Constabulary who, as he investigates the murder of a teenager in Hunstanton, experiences terrifying visions of a ghostly black dog. As the enquiry progresses, Frank’s visions become more and more frequent and he gradually finds himself losing his tenuous grip on reality. But is the dog real? And dare Frank divulge his encounters and risk being removed from the enquiry?

BLACK DOG is a super-uncanny tale that invites the reader to play detective – in both solving the murder and determining whether the ghost dog exists in reality or only within Frank’s troubled mind. As the pages are turned, the answers emerge.

In writing BLACK DOG, Simon was inspired by the legend of Black Shuck, his own sighting of Shuck and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s use of the Black Shuck legend in The Hound Of The Baskervilles. DCI Frank Homes (without the ‘L’) in BLACK DOG is named in tribute to the great Sherlock. Other literary allusions abound within the pages of BLACK DOG – spotting them is sure to delight seasoned Horror readers.

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