Dave Holwill

The Craft Room Dave Holwill

Sylvia doesn't want to kill anyone.

She just wants a little space, a room of her own.

A room where she could make things with her grandchildren, if her ex-daughter-in-law ever lets her see them again.

A room that feels more and more like a pipe dream since her husband retired.

Her mother's recent fall down the stairs could have provided enough money to help her middle-aged son move out, move on with his life and free up her spare room.

But Mum is just one more name on a very long list of people getting in the way.

If only she'd fallen a little further, faster, harder.

But Sylvia doesn't want to kill anyone.

The Craft Room is a darkly comic tale of sex, crepe paper, murder and knitting in a sleepy Devon town.


'A very entertaining, you-didn't-know-you-needed-it-until-it-was-here, combination of Serial Mom, Rambo and Blue Peter' - Julia Palooza

'Dave Holwill manages to combine Hyacinth Bucket with The Purge in The Craft Room, which is a chillingly funny look at a post mid-life crisis from a woman who has a lifetime's worth of suppressed anger to take out on everyone around her.' - Bookshine and Readbows

'Anyone who enjoys the comedy of the likes of The League of Gentleman will be in sync with this book. Those of a squeamish or prudish nature should probably give it a pass, but they will be missing a treat of a read... I really, really loved this book. It completely appealed to my macabre sense of humour and my delight in any book that goes off at a bit of a tangent from well-worn literary tropes.' - A Little Book Problem

'This is dark comedy at its finest. The writing is brilliant and kept me turning pages.' - Laura's Interests

'The Craft Room is a completely original and addictive read that I fell in love with. I raced through this book as I couldn't wait to find out what the hell was going on in it. I laughed my way through and I gasped in shock and delight as events unfolded.' - Katie's Book Cave