The Wolf of Whindale

Name: The Wolf of Whindale
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Jacob Kerr

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English

Serpents Tail
03 February 2026

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Horror

1845, Northalbion. Terror spreads through a small mining town as friends and neighbours are mauled to death by the mythical Wolf of Whindale. Caleb, a miner with an inquisitive and sceptical nature, suspects opportunistic murders being disguised as acts of a wild beast. When he is banished by workmates and family for crossing the picket line during a strike, he ends up leaving to work at a strange kind of mine, tasked with finding a magical artefact that has been lost for centuries. The orders come from Mr Siskin, a wealthy man who owns the mine and had most to gain from the deaths that have shaken Caleb's community.

Far from home and sensing danger in Siskin's company, Caleb must rely on his wits and his memory to make it back to his town unscathed. But there is a bloodthirsty killer on the loose, whether man, wolf or something else entirely. A superb adventure in folk horror, The Wolf of Whindale is a menacing tale of greed, faith and the ways in which myth warps reality.

By: Jacob Kerr
Imprint: Serpents Tail
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 224mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9781800811522
ISBN 10: 1800811527
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 03 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Jacob Kerr is the author of The Green Man of Eshwood Hall. His writing is inspired by the North East of England, where he was born. After teaching English as a foreign language for many years, he now lives in Cumbria.

Reviews for The Wolf of Whindale

Praise for Jacob Kerr * : * Recalls M R James at his nastiest * Telegraph * Close in spirit to Alan Garner * Guardian * [Kerr] skilfully evokes a nation, its old certainties overturned by war, on the cusp of social upheaval and change * Financial Times *