Woodlife

Woodlife, ‘a thoroughly engrossing British chiller with so many plot twists you‘ll be kept in suspense right up to its monumental conclusion.’Valerie Bain only ever plays by her own rather flexible rules, but when the Mancunian ‘private facilitator’ takes on a risky yet lucrative assignment, she soon finds her mysterious new employers haven’t bothered to read them. Having to choose between life and death in order to collect her fee was one thing she never bargained on.Nick Wheaton's long football career was brought to an abrupt end by a serious head injury. The former goalkeeper now runs a moderately successful furniture manufacturing business, but the injury left him with a curious psychic ability which is at once both a gift and a curse. Only when the life of a former lover hangs in the balance does he discover how powerful an asset it can be.And deep in rural Wiltshire, the Edbury District Council is staging a pre-Christmas rock concert. Intended to help boost an ailing local economy, when event manager Ged Matheson does the maths nothing quite adds up. Strange townsfolk and an even stranger discovery soon have him yearning for a speedy return to the comparative normality of his London home, but fate has other plans. Nestled at the feet of an ancient and enigmatic hill figure, Edbury seems to be the focal point for sinister occult forces whose tentacles reach far beyond the sleepy country backwater. When the ages-old horror of death appears to become an irrelevance, will Britain's future succumb to her dim and distant past?About Woodlife: ‘You’ll be on the edge of your seat so often the chair will need re-upholstering by the time you’ve finished.’ Mike Ellis

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