She stands at the edge of my peripheral vision, dripping. Wet earth stains the carpet at her feet.
Ali Craig is being haunted. Adrift and rudderless in the wake of a devastating loss, she has found herself drawn to a centuries-old bog mummy, preserved and on display in the wilds of Scotland. And it has become drawn to her in return. And now a ceremony is being performed in the feral and ancient boglands, and Ali is caught up in a conflict between two strange women, the stoic and rugged keeper of the bog mummy, and an obsessive, half-wild celebrant with one working hand - neither of whom are quite what they seem. Before it's over, Ali will have to reckon with her grief, her shame - and the true shape of the spectre that haunts her.
'has the chilly bones of pure gothic horror with a warm, tender, utterly human heart at its centre... Lyrical, literary and pacy, Skin Grows Over will capture the imagination, chill the marrow and move the emotions in equal measure and belongs among the best of contemporary horror writing.' -Rose Ruane, author of Birding
'a haunting meditation on death, bodies, and difference... This is, quite simply, an extraordinary book, and Allan an astonishing new talent.' -Ally Wilkes, author of All the White Places