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Title: The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding, Orchard Books ISBN: 0-439-59851-6 Publisher: Orchard Books (NY) Pub. Date: 01 August, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.01

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Rating: 5
Summary: The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
Comment: The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding is one of the best books I have read in a long time. An intriguing Gothic fantasy story, it should be picked up by all fans of Phillip Pullman, even though everyone will be attracted to its mix of action, adventure, mystery, thrill and wild imagination.

The book starts off as the story of several people, who's purpose eventually intertwine. Thaniel Fox and his companion Cathaline are wych hunters, seeking to kill the horrifying wych-kin that infest London.
The wych-kin are excellent examples of the author's creativity: terrifying creatures that have been summoned by magic to kill people. They come in many forms, including the long, spindly Cradlejack and the the heavy, slow, squid-like Draug.

Meanwhile, Detective Carver is pondering over a series of murders committed in London by the notorious Stitch-face, a cold-blooded serial murderer, named by his few lucky escapees for the stitch-faced mask and wig worn while murdering the victims. In my opinion, the fear and horror surrounding Stitch-face would make Jack the Ripper envious.

Then Detective Carver discovers the Green Tack murders, and believes that these murders must have been committed by someone even more devious than Stitch-face. He starts to notice not only something fishy about the murders, but his workplace too. Detective Carver/Stitch-face chapters were my favourite part of the book because they drew you in and kept you guessing.

Then Alaizabel Cray is discovered, thought to be mad and delirious, but really the key to all evil in London.She draws the characters together to save perhaps not only London, but the whole world.

There was only one criticism I had of this book and that was that it stereotyped atheists a bit, and had a little bit of bigotry towards them. I noticed this mainly when the perpetrators of evil were revealed, because they did not believe in the religions of the world and decided to conjure up monsters instead.

Apart from that, I think it was an amazing book. I can't wait to read Chris Wooding's other books.