This is the third instalment in Golden's Prowlers series of young adult werewolf tales. This is horror for those people who have grown too old for the Goosebumps series but are probably not old enough for Stephen King or Dean Koontz, or for people who want something a little friendlier to addled braincells.

The characters are alive, and are easy to sympathise with. They have their flaws but it's the flaws that make them all the more real. The situations are familiar (even to someone who's never been in the US like myself) and are brought to life well, grounding the tale solidly in the world we all know.

This helps to make the supernatural more effective as it's these contrasts that make a good horror tale, in a way that all out gore just cannot.

Jack Dwyer and his elder sister Courtney run Bridget's Irish Rose pub in Boston. They are able assisted by barman (and friendly Prowler) Bill Cantwell and Molly Hatcher, the former girlfriend of Jack's best friend Artie, murdered at the start of book one – although still present as a ghost and a complication in the relationship between Jack and Molly.

The current Prowler alpha, Jasmine, hires a Prowler assassin to kill Bill Cantwell, and the Dwyers. This is a complicated issue as Dallas, the assassin she chooses, was married to Cantwell's sister, and is the father of his niece.

At the same time, Jack has to help Artie and the other ghosts inhabiting the Ghostlands for a beast called the Ravenous is abroad in the Ghostlands is devouring the souls of the dead, and only Jack can save them.

This is a wonderfully easy read. It's a perfect series for young adults, and one which I would not think too many parents would have problems. And it's a book that I enjoyed as an adult reader. It's good to have a non-threatening, non-demanding read from time to time.

This is not going to win awards, but it is going to entertain.