Debi Gliori's first novel is an unbridled fantasy with elements of the Addams family, a hint of Gormenghast and overtones of the mafia, together with computer technology and some parody, all blended into a heavy brew that is laugh-out-loud funny * The Bookseller * It's a gallimaufry of ghastly, giggly stuff * Financial Times * Fluent and energetic * The Sunday Times * Features one of the most eccentric families in children's fiction . . . A rollicking red, which rapidly draws the reader into its strange and gothic world * Waterstones Books Quarterly * Wonderful stuff * Daily Telegraph *