A gripping mystery from bestselling author of the Noughts and Crosses sequence, Malorie Blackman.

"Blackman's touch is as sure as ever" * Observer * "Brilliant, intense and completely unpredictable . . . Dramatic and fast-moving" * Reading Matters * "This tragi-comic ghost story is sure to please Malorie Blackman's many fans. Her books always succeed in being fast-paced and very readable, while offering the more thoughtful reader several layers of meaning" * Bookseller * "Expertly written" * Primary Times *

MALORIE BLACKMAN is acknowledged as one of today's most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. She has won many awards for her books for the Random House list, including the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 Award - Malorie is the only author to have won this award twice -and the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award in 1994. Her work has also appeared on screen, with Pig-Heart Boy, which was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, being adapted into a BAFTA-award-winning TV serial.In 2005, Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the world of children's books and in 2008 she was honoured with an OBE for her services to Children's Literature.