It's been decades since Ichabod Crane was scared out of his wits by the Headless Horseman, but in Sleepy Hollow, the threat of the spectral creature is still alive and well. There are certain parts of the forest that are avoided by all living creatures, though some of the boys of the village dare each other to go there. Ben is one of those boys, and it's his unlucky fate to be playing along the edges of the forest when one of his schoolmates is found headless and handless in the forest, setting off a series of increasingly gruesome and scary crimes. Luckily, Ben's grandfather is Brom Bones, the hero of Sleepy Hollow, and a lead investigator into the current happenings. That doesn't mean, however, that things won't get particularly scary before the dust settles.
This is a fitting sequel to Washington Irving's classic story, and one with a few wonderful twists. I particularly like the inclusion of a trans storyline that isn't particularly important to the horror aspects of the story — it's refreshing to see that played out as a matter of course rather than something that holds sway on the monsters. A great spooky book, and one I wish I'd read before Halloween.
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