Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Publish date: 16 April 2026
Pages: 352
Binding: Paperback
Language: English

Subjects: Fiction, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Ghost, Horror, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths, Thrillers, Suspense, Crime, Social Science, Folklore & Mythology

Something moves on the forest floor . . .



Josie is at rock bottom. Burned out and heartbroken, she lives a haunted existence after returning to her isolated hometown on the edge of the Forest of Dean.



When she stumbles across a decaying, ant-infested body in the woods, Josie plummets into a downward spiral, facing uncomfortable truths about the victim and her own past - all whilst battling an infestation that seems to have burrowed into her mind . . . and her flesh.



Desperate for absolution, Josie scratches the surface of an age-old mystery - a masked predator stalks the forest around Ellwood, a place deeply gripped by folklore. So when the village prepares for its annual festival, and Josie gets closer and closer to unveiling a monster, she begins to ask herself:



Are these dark crawling insects leading her to uncover the truth?

. . . Or is she their next victim?