"Chilling contemporary thriller laced with creepy Victorian occultism "
Selected for The Book Box by LoveReading4Kids
This pacey page-turner teems with tension, twists and terror from the moment Irish girl Niamh arrives in London for a drama course and finds herself in a storm of vicious attacks on fellow students. Accelerating the fear factor, the victims look like Niamh, and bear marks reminiscent of those made by Spring Heeled Jack, a Victorian folklore figure who was said to slash his victims with metal claws.
Amidst this terror, Niamh takes up her placement in a Victorian museum, where she plays the role of a factory owner’s daughter who died a gruesome and untimely death. No wonder, then, that Niamh is glad to befriend Jess, a self-proclaimed “history nerd” who’s thrilled to visit the museum’s parlour that was once used by “the infamous Madame Josephine...Fortune teller, hypnotist, and mistress of the occult.” Then there’s creepy Will who works there, and gorgeous Tommy who sets Niamh’s heart a-pounding.
Entertaining and menacing in equal measure, and loaded with cliff-hangers and red herrings, this accomplished debut brings old school Point Horror novels to mind.
One of Us is Lying meets This Lie Will Kill You but with a chilling supernatural twist that will keep you guessing until the very end . . .
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One of Us is Lying meets This Lie Will Kill You but with a chilling supernatural twist that will keep you guessing until the very end . . . Last One to Die follows 16-year-old, Irish-born Niamh, who has arrived in London to study drama over the summer.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Last One To Die and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
Last One To Die features in the following genres: Books to Motivate Teenage Reluctant Readers, Recommendations, Crime & Mystery, Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Debuts of the Month, Featured Books for 13+ readers, Thrillers, Featured Books for Young Adults
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Last One To Die was written by Cynthia Murphy and published by Scholastic
Last One To Die has 400 pages
£8.09, reduced from £8.99. In Stock.
