Snake Eater by T Kingfisher💙📚

Jodi Taylor #BookRecommendation

You can’t go wrong with a T Kingfisher book and this one is no exception. I sat up until the very small hours to finish it.

T Kingfisher writes three main series – the Paladin series – my favourites, The Sworn Soldier series, and her stand-alone horror stories, of which Snake Eater is one. The setting is unusual – a tiny house situated in a historic site in the desert. Very cosy and conventional – apart from the toilet!

Accompanied only by her dog, Selena is fleeing her partner and comes in search of her only living relative – her aunt. Except her aunt died a year ago and now Selena doesn’t have enough money to return home. This isn’t a problem as the community rallies round to help her. However, this is a T Kingfisher story so obviously things start to get pretty weird pretty quickly.

This is a lovely story where sinister events are leavened by examples of human kindness. And a fascinating insight into desert life in the US. And the dog, Copper, is so engaging. As any labrador owner will already be aware, their loyalty is frequently conflicted by the demands of their stomachs.

As usual, I won’t spoil the story, but it’s classic T Kingfisher and well up to her usual standard.

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