A gripping YA thriller from award-winning writer Juno Dawson, with a dash of romance and intriguing paranormal elements, set in Hollow Pike – a small town with a big history of witchcraft.
Something wicked this way comes…
Lis London thought she’d be safe in the country, but even in the country she can’t escape her own nightmares. Over and over, she dreams that someone is trying to kill her.
Lis thinks she’s being paranoid – after all, who would want to murder her? She doesn’t believe in the local legends of witchcraft. She doesn’t believe that anything bad will really happen to her.
But you never know do, do you? Not until you’re alone in the woods, after dark – and a twig snaps…
Something wicked this way comes…
Lis London thought she’d be safe in the country, but even in the country she can’t escape her own nightmares. Over and over, she dreams that someone is trying to kill her.
Lis thinks she’s being paranoid – after all, who would want to murder her? She doesn’t believe in the local legends of witchcraft. She doesn’t believe that anything bad will really happen to her.
But you never know do, do you? Not until you’re alone in the woods, after dark – and a twig snaps…
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Reviews
a good read for dark winter nights ... a page-turner
Dawson has wrought a masterful, thrilling tale ... heralds the arrival of a major new talent on the scene
A good read for dark winter nights
a great read for Halloween with a mystery that will keep you guessing and characters that will stay on your mind long after you've finished the book. James Dawson is definitely a writer I'll read in the future.
Exploring themes of bullying, obsession, hysteria and marginalisation, this thriller truly deserves the epithet 'page turner'. Cleverly plotted and beautifully characterised, it is dark, scary and utterly compelling with an ending as unexpected as it is terrifying
Gripping from the start with cliffhanging chapter endings and loads of twists and turns in the plot
Exploring themes of bullying, obsession, hysteria and marginalisation, this thriller truly deserves the epithet 'page turner'. Cleverly plotted and beautifully characterised, it is dark, scary and utterly compelling with an ending as unexpected as it is terrifying
Hollow Pike will captivate readers from the opening page ... thrilling throughout, with a tremendous climax. Thoroughly recommended
Cleverly plotted, and beautifully characterised, it is dark, scary and utterly compelling with an ending as unexpected as it is terrifying.
Gripping from the start with cliffhanging chapter endings and loads of twists and turns in the plot
A good read for dark winter nights
...a really interesting, adventurous book.
Dawson has wrought a masterful, thrilling tale ... heralds the arrival of a major new talent on the scene
Hollow Pike will captivate readers from the opening page ... thrilling throughout, with a tremendous climax. Thoroughly recommended
thrilling throughout with a tremendous climax. Thoroughly recommended!