The endings were predictable, the scariest one was probably the lift because the whole concept of cannibalism is scary in it's own right. It introduces a detective by the name of Daniel Hawthorne - a rather dark and dangerous man whom I actually met on the set of Injustice. If that weren't enough, the penultimate story, 'Twist Cottage', features an old thatched cottage that has tiles falling off the roof! Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. Anthony Horowitz was born in 1955 and sent to Orley Farm, a particularly vicious boy's preparatory school in North London, which gave him his first taste of horror.

However, if you can suspend your disbelief (a common theme in this collection), then there is a lot to like here. However, when she realises the actual ingredients used he has no choice but to make her part of the dish.

These questions change the narrative of the story and provide it with more mystery and moral then horror and disgust. It becomes a short life lesson of being grateful of what you have and making the best of the situations you find yourself in.

Horowitz Horror was first published in 1999 and contains nine short stories where the protagonist is predominantly a younger person, as such is seems to be written for a preadult audience.The main character of ‘Bath Night’ speaks badly about her best friend who is overweight, and says how she herself used to be fat when she was 9 but now is “getting in shape” and dieting at the age of 12.

Some of the stories were actually a little spooky and rather silly in the best way, each one just as entertaining as the last. They might seem harmless enough – a camera, a computer, a bath tub and so on but the havoc they wreak in the lives of people is rather unimaginable. A spoilt snobby little girl who revels in getting her nannies fired and who is happy to leave her parents for a stranger the moment her father loses all their money. Flight 715 – A girl has a nightmare, in which she foresees that the airliner which is about to fly her family home from a vacation in Vancouver is destined to crash.From the creator of the blockbuster Alex Rider Adventures and The Diamond Brothers Mysteries, Horowitz Horror is a wicked collection of macabre tales sure to send shivers up your spine. Even as a child, this has always been my clear favourite - this story follows two brothers who board a sinister night bus who has no intentions in taking them home. As the Brendan family use the monkeys ear for their wishes they start to get hairier and more animalistic. Nine short and snappy tales horror regarding haunted objects and terrible children getting their just deserved.