Death Wears a Top Hat

by Steph Minns

When a series of grisly murders takes place across London, all young women marked with a mysterious symbol, Detective Sue McKentee is assigned to the case. She soon realizes, however, that there is a paranormal element to the deaths when a dark entity in the form of a Victorian gentlemen wearing a top hat starts to appear to her. Transgender psychic, Alison Graves, is reluctantly drawn in to help solve the case, facing her own personal demons along the way as she finally confronts the possessing entity that drives the killer.

Genres: Horror

170 pages, Paperback

Published June 29, 2018

About the author

I’ve been a keen reader, writer and artist since childhood. My dark fiction stories range from tales set in future dystopian realities to classic ghost and urban horror.
My professional publishing history to runs to several short stories, a novel and a novella by independent publishers including Dark Alley Press, Grinning Skull Press, Almond Press and J. Ellington Ashton.
I have a website – stephminns.wixsite.com/author – where you can read my stories, interviews and reviews.
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Reviews

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant set of 12 stories here! It starts with a man taking a Bend in the Road (good expression for being unfaithful to his wife). Then we meet a man being 'A Shadow Of His Former Self' (be aware of your shadow). With the third story the book really takes off. In 'Marciella' we see a puppet obsessed by the ghost of a murdered woman (absolutely loved the diary style and this was my favourite story). 'New Town' shows a fellow bum being murdered by a kind of vampire. Now Jack is followed by an eerie creature. 'The Bus to Texcatl' is absolutely creepy showing a strange character at the Day of the Dead celebration (another favourite). 'Carousel' leads you to a haunted fair. 'I thought You'd Gone Forever' shows a woman talking to her deceased husband. But is it really her husband? 'The Halloween Party' here is extremely uncanny. 'Tiny Claws' shows Yulia's revenge on a group of youths killing a lizard. 'The Sideway Dancing Woman' is on a sinister woman following Ben back to England. 'The Chrysalis' is very disturbing. What really happened to Joe. 'Bloody Christmas' shows two siblings terrified by an evil goblin named Jack Frost. Wow, what an anthology. Those stories are extremely well written and will scare you in a proper way. Highly recommended!

[William · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining horror listening 😯

This kindle ebook novella is from my Kindle Unlimited account

There are twelve short horror stories in this book. Each story is different with interesting characters action, misdirection, and some violence leading to each conclusion. As with books with multiple stories some are better than others but that is always true! 🤗

I would recommend this novella and author to readers of fantasy world 🌐 tales of horror, adventures, thriller tales novels 😮🎉 2025 😆✨

[Christopher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Steph's stories are original, compelling and filled with vivid characters. I've always loved stories that tease the reader's imagination into life. If you enjoy horror and spooky tales of the night, then this is a great collection to read. Highly recommended.