Joseph Delaney is a retired English teacher. He has three children and nine grandchildren and is a wonderful public speaker available for conference, library and bookshop events. His home is in the middle of Boggart territory and his village has a boggart called the Hall Knocker, which was laid to rest under the step of a house near the church. Most of the places in the Spook's books are based on real places in Lancashire. And the inspiration behind the stories often comes from local ghost stories and legends.
'An evocative, spine-tingling sequel to the Spook's Apprentice.' -- Amanda Craig * The Times * 'Tom Ward is back in another eerie, spine-tingling adventure...you'll love getting lost in this spooky tale.' * Funday Times * Really impressed by [this] . . .genuinely creepy . . . very pacy . . .the characters were very believable. -- Damian Kelleher * Radio 4 Front Row * 'Full of scary moments which will get the hearts of even the most fearless readers pounding, while keeping them glued to the action.' * Lancashire Evening Post * 'Readers who were spellbound by the goings-on in 'The Spook's Apprentice' will be equally engrossed by this sequel.' * Waterstone's Quarterly *