Full of cutting insights but not at all short on heart-warming humour.' - Independent

Colleen and Andrew haven't had sex in eleven weeks and three days [not that anyone's counting]. Their marriage is in crisis, they're drinking too much and both have secrets they're afraid to share.

A teetotal week in a remote cottage could solve all their problems. But with the promised beach nowhere in sight, a broken-down car and a sinister landlord, they may not find it so easy to rekindle their romance. In this dark and funny novel, tensions build and tempers fray.

About the Author

Dan Brotzel's stories have appeared in Pithead Chapel, Ellipsis Zine, Reflex Fiction, Cabinet of Heed, Lucent Dreaming, Bending Genres, The Esthetic Apostle, Spelk, The Ginger Collect and Fiction Pool. He won the 2018 Riptide Journal short story competition, was runner-up in the 2019 Leicester Writes competition, and was highly commended in the Manchester Writing School competition 2018. He is also co-author of a comic novel-in-emails about an eccentric writers' group, Kitten on a Fatberg (Unbound).

Reviews

Full of cutting insights into the reality of long-term relationships but not at all short on heart-warming humour, The Wolf In The Woods is a sometimes sinister but tenderly told tale.

* Independent *

Dan Brotzel is a master story-teller and observer of people and relationships. What is utterly brilliant is that he takes those things and brings them out into the open with humour, suspense and unexpected twists. I could not put this book down.

Sharp-eyed but warm-hearted, Dan Brotzel's portrait of a struggling marriage will make you wince with recognition. Happily it will also make you smile. With characters that are all-too-relatable, The Wolf in the Woods skewers the lies we tell ourselves in order to keep going. I loved it.

Funny, moving and enjoyably creepy. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

A real page turner layered with the perfect amount of suspense and one that I couldn't stop thinking about long after reading!

* MrsJTea blog *

Quirky, dark and original. I enjoyed its outlandish style and the dark humour

* books.tea.and.me *

Had me chuckling and has an amazingly original storyline. Thoroughly recommended!

* BooksAndLovelyThings blog *

A surprising and uniquely different novel that I thoroughly enjoyed.

* MyBookishBlogspot *

Full of cutting insights... a sometimes sinister but tenderly told tale.

* Seven Days Magazine *



Book Information
ISBN 9781913207625
Author Dan Brotzel
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Sandstone Press Ltd
Publisher Sandstone Press Ltd
Weight(grams) 206g
Dimensions(mm) 195mm * 130mm * 20mm