Hairy as in werewolves, and scary as in lawyers, which Tom Holt tells us are a lot more frightening than any fantasy beasties (probably because they are real). Once again, he shows how modern Britain can resemble a fantasy world - the opposite of Terry Pratchett - but, when everything is working beautifully, just as effective. In some of his books Holt takes one joke and beats the reader over the head with it and this is one of them. There is some magnificent satire though, and some laugh-out-loud moments but also a sense that less would have been more, and the services of a good editor a great idea. I do enjoy the way he takes ordinary people and situations and drops them into something extraordinary, never losing the fact that his characters have one foot in each and essentially have to live in the real world. This is not, in my opinion one of his best books, but maybe I have been spoilt by the excellent tales of J. W. Wells & Co.