Season of the Wolf by N.D. Thompson

Blurb

Autumn 1998
An orphaned teenager discovers her family’s monstrous secret in her estranged grandfather’s cellar.

“The horror is visceral, the emotion is real… A must-read for old-school horror fans.”
Paul D Coombs, The Great Orme.

Orphaned teenager Lucy Hiller leaves her home in New Jersey, USA, for West Yorkshire, England, to live with her estranged grandfather, where a monstrous discovery in the cellar reveals a family secret.

When Lucy can’t take any more of the strange noises coming from beneath the house, her new friend Peter Kessler agrees to investigate. In the dark of the cellar, something bites him. If the trials and changes of teenage life weren’t already tough enough for Peter, they’re about to get worse…

A man is savagely killed while walking his dog on the moors. A farmer’s prized flock of sheep is viciously slaughtered. A teenage boy lies in the hospital fighting for his life. Investigative journalist Lizzy Clayton thinks there is more to these events than wild animal attacks. The police tell her to drop the story, but as Lizzy digs deeper, more bodies begin to pile up.

Is there a connection between the murders, the thing in Grandpa’s cellar, and Lucy’s family history?