December is all about festive fun with family, but if the commercialised merriment becomes too nauseating why not hunker down with a good horror novel? Award-winning writer Samanthe Lee Howe has returned with her new book The Soul Thief , a gripping Gothic horror set in Victorian London. Released on 5 December, it arrives just in time to fill Christmas stockings with something that will keep you gripped for hours when too much Turkey means you are confined to the sofa. Known for her dark and