Fairy tale, noun A fantasy folk tale featuring magical, imaginary beings and lands. An idealised situation. A fabricated story, especially one intended to deceive. The place where you learn the true meaning of 'fear'. Everything is going well for Amy Matthews. Apart from the nightmares... Harker & Blackthorn expect trouble. They live and breathe it. None of them expect the current state of quiet to last. Considering the unspoken strain within the team, maybe a dose of trouble is just what they need. When people start to go missing from around Oxford, leaving only mysterious burned marks on the ground behind them, Amy is almost relieved. At least until she connects it with a slew of 'fairy tale' creature appearances. And not the good kind of fairy tales. Her life as a scientist is about to collide disastrously with her extra-curricular activities. Before they can say 'Brothers Grimm', Harker & Blackthorn are facing down impossible monsters straight out of the darkest parts of the human psyche. Meanwhile, Amy is struggling with her past. Panic over the future leads to a fatal lapse in judgement. One with the direst consequences. Amy and Rebekah are faced with a deadline: three days to go where no human should go, where logic holds no sway. If they fail, the missing will remain lost forever. And so will Harker & Blackthorn... Nightmare Trail is the tenth book in the wild ride Harker & Blackthorn series. If you like sassy heroines, thrilling mysteries, shadowy scientific organisations and enigmatic creatures, try this kickass urban fantasy adventure series. Series order; Dead Man's Hand (author website) Slice of Death Loch & Quay Acquainted with the Night Season of Mists Crowned with Bone Auld Lang Syne (novella) The Sea in Darkness Summer's Lease (novella) For the Dead Travel Fast The Shadow & the Soul This Wild Justice The Death Upon Her Eyes (novella, October 2022) Nightmare Trail A Midnight Profound (novella, December, 2022) Where Wolves Fear to Prey (February, 2023) Carrion Comfort (novella, April, 2023) Take the Low Road (July, 2023) And if you like long, connected series where you get to hang out in the same universe with the characters you've grown to love, you're in luck. Follow the early adventures of Amy's older sister in Unveiled, which starts with I Belong to the Earth.