New Yorker witch Liza loves antique books and is thrilled when her friend Jack shows her an advertisement of a bookshop in London specializing in vintage and antique books. She quickly places an order but among the books she receives from overseas is a very unwelcome guest - a "grimoire", an old book of magic hiding something that is waiting to bite... To get rid of it, she passes it on to Daniel, the posh new boyfriend of her niece Shelley. But that was a very bad idea and soon Shelley and her aunt have to deal with an effigy, the centrepiece of Shelley's museum show, that comes into life and a wannabe vampire king trying to build an army...
A very weird and dark tale that is fun to read. It is entertaining and yet quite intelligent. I loved following the twists and turns of the story and the way the author uses his imagination.