Hilda and the Black Hound by Luke Pearson

Hilda and her mother are slowly adjusting to life in the city, but Hilda still yearns for camping under canvas. They're solitary creatures and highly territorial, which is why you've probably not met one before. Yes, yours! They have big bulbous noses and they're so very hairy that you can't even see their eyes. There are House Spirits called Nisses hidden in your home. Welcome back to the fourth British Comics Awards-winning HILDA mystery (fifth now out in hardcover!) in which you will discover that the countryside doesn't hold the monopoly on fanciful creatures and geographical wonders. It could make Hilda's first weekend camp with the Sparrow Scouts ever so slightly trepidatious. Now what, do you think, does all this have to do with the gigantic, black, wolf-like creature, nearly two storeys high, which has been seen lurking at night in the heart of the city of Trolberg? Even Hilda's mother has spotted it out of the corner of her eye and the papers are calling it 'The Black Beast Of Trolberg'! You don't even put comics in the wash, do you? Do you?! No, there is a far more thrilling explanation which lies in those hidden corners of your house which you won't find revealed in the average home survey! Good point, well made, and in the strangest of circumstances.ĭid you ever wonder what happened to those odd socks, hats, scarves, the sixth issue of your favourite comic and that 5lb slab of milk chocolate you can't find?Įrr, I can explain the milk chocolate and I'm ever so sorry.īut the rest didn't get lost in the wash, you know. 'How does an armchair fall down the back of a sofa anyway?'

Hilda and the Black Hound by Luke Pearson