Barbara O'Neal

Sarah Naughton

Katherine Littrell

When We Believed in Mermaids

Originally published under title Tattletale in the UK.

A Novel

The Girlfriend

Zaina never meant to get involved.

The plan was always to focus on her exams and make her dad proud. But now she can't help but scratch the surface of secrets that desperately want to stay hidden, and as the seconds tick by, she begins to wonder: how far will the other candidates go to keep her from the truth?

A read-in-one-sitting real-time thriller set over the course of an A-level exam.

One has a secret. One of them saw. There's blood on the papers. Who'll take the fall?

Your Time is Up

Taylor Adams

No Exit

Witchcraft, murder and secrets... A terrifically creepy and claustrophobic thriller from the Costa Book Awards shortlisted author. The year is 1646, tales of witches, murder and changelings are rife and a dark era is about to begin… Barnaby Nightingale is the perfect son; Strong, handsome, daring, everything his father wants him to be, and yet for his mother, Frances, he will never be the son she desires. Frances believes that her real son was taken from her as a baby by the local village folk who believed him to be a changeling, and Barnaby left in his place. Constantly disappointing his mother, Barnaby is spoiled by his father and despised by his younger brother, Abel. But when the beautiful and mysterious Naomi catches Barnaby's attention his world is thrown into chaos as superstition and dark folklore take hold of the small village and Naomi is accused of being a witch. Fear and suspicion spread and soon Barnaby finds himself on trial too and facing the ultimate penalty… death. Praise for The Hanged Man Rises "A thoroughly enjoyable page-turner." We Love This Book "A fast-paced gothic horror for children... educational as well as entertaining" Families "very promising debut" Serendipity Reviews 'A tense thriller...a rich mix of intrigue and the macabre' Books For Keeps "Chilling and addictive…a fantastic debut"The Bookbabblers "A beautifully evoked, gripping, Victorian chiller which will appeal to boys and girls." Costa Book Awards 2013, Judges comments

The Blood List

Shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Children's Book Award! "A thoroughly enjoyable page-turner." We Love This Book "A fast-paced gothic horror for children... educational as well as entertaining" Families "Chilling and addictive... a fantastic debut" Bookbabblers "A beautifully evoked, gripping, Victorian chiller which will appeal to boys and girls." Costa Book Awards 2013, Judges comments When their parents are killed in a fire, Titus Adams and his little sister Hannah are left to fend for themselves in the cruel and squalid slums of Victorian London. Taking shelter with his friend and saviour, Inspector Pilbury, Titus should feel safe. But though the inspector has just caught and hung a notorious child-murderer, the murders haven't stopped. Now everyone is a suspect, even the inspector himself, and unless Titus can find a way to end the killings, he will lose all that is dear to him. For this evil cannot be contained, even by death.

Sarah Naughton

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