Dead House

Part-psychological thriller, part-urban legend, this is a brilliantly atmospheric and accomplished debut, told through an unsettling narrative made up of diary entries, interview transcripts, film footage transcripts and medical notes. Twenty-five years ago, Elmbridge High burned down. Five people were killed and one pupil, Carly Johnson, disappeared. Now a diary has been found in the ruins of the school. The diary asserts that Carly had an identical twin sister, Kaitlyn, who only came out at night. The diary is Kaitlyn's. The material revisits the events leading up to 'the Johnson Incident' and reveals a web of deceit and intrigue, violence and murder, raising a whole lot more questions than it answers. Chilling, creepy and utterly compelling, THE DEAD HOUSE is one of those very special books that finds all the dark places in your imagination, and haunts you long after you've finished reading.