‘An astonishing novel’ The Independent I am William Lee: brute; liar, and graveside thief. But you will know me by another name. Heathcliff has left Wuthering Heights, and is travelling across the moors to Liverpool in search of his past.Along the way, he saves Emily, the foul-mouthed daughter of a Highwayman, from a whipping, and the pair journey on together.Roaming from graveyard to graveyard, making a living from Emily’s apparent ability to commune with the dead, the pair lie, cheat and scheme their way across the North of England.And towards the terrible misdeeds – and untold riches – that will one day send Heathcliff home to Wuthering Heights.Stewart's ILL WILL is a top-notch example of historical and gothic romance, where the characters of Heathcliff and Emily traverse through the North of England, their path laden with graveyards and deceit. This literary fiction is a testament to the classics, as it leads us towards a future of untold riches and ominous undertakings.For fans of S. P. Muir (The Evil in Time), Christopher Hardy (How Not to Drown a Cat), Jean Rhys (The Collected Short Stories), Ben Myers (Cuddy), and Maggie O'Farrell (Hamnet).
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