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It''s an old-fashioned puppet. The details are hard to make out in the dim light, but it looks like the puppet''s neck is broken. It''s a sad-looking thing, trapped there in its cage. Maybe I should let it out... THE MUST-HAVE THRILLER OF 2020 THAT WILL KEEP YOU GRIPPED, KEEP YOU GUESSING, AND KEEP YOU UP ALL NIGHT. ''A captivating and creeping mystery full of brilliantly twisting turns and dark secrets'' - Holly Jackson, bestselling author of A Good Girls'' Guide to Murder ''If you like Stephen King, snap this up!'' - Cass Green, Sunday Times bestselling author of In a Cottage in a Wood ''This book crawled under my skin and made itself a home there, and I can''t wait for people to start reading it so that I can scream about the ending with everyone I know'' - Inkandplasma book review ''Scream meets The Babadook in small-town USA'' - Kirsty Logan, award-winning author of The Gracekeepers Lola Nox is the daughter of a celebrated horror filmmaker - she thinks nothing can scare her. But when her father is brutally attacked in their New York apartment, she''s swiftly packed off to live with a grandmother she''s never met in Harrow Lake, the eerie town where her father''s most iconic horror movie was shot. The locals are weirdly obsessed with the film that put their town on the map - and there are strange disappearances, which the police seem determined to explain away. And there''s someone - or something - stalking Lola''s every move. The more she discovers about the town, the more terrifying it becomes. Because Lola''s got secrets of her own. And if she can''t find a way out of Harrow Lake, they might just be the death of her...

*THE BRAND NEW TERRIFYING THRILLER FROM KAT ELLIS*''Riverdale meets The Haunting of Hill House'' - Amy McCaw, author of Mina and the Undead''Kat Ellis wields an oppressive atmosphere like a sharply honed blade'' - Sera Milano, author of This Can Never Not Be Real ''Horrifyingly good fun!'' Kathryn Foxfield, author of Good Girls Die FirstFrom its creepy town mascot to the story of its cursed waterfall, Burden Falls is a small town dripping with superstition. Ava Thorn knows this well - since the horrific accident she witnessed a year ago, she''s been plagued by nightmares.But when her school nemesis is brutally murdered and Ava is the primary suspect, she starts to wonder if the legends surrounding the town are more fact than fiction.Whatever secrets Burden Falls is hiding, there''s a killer on the loose, and they have a vendetta against the Thorns...Praise for Harrow Lake:''A captivating and creeping mystery full of brilliantly twisting turns and dark secrets'' - Holly Jackson, bestselling author of A Good Girls'' Guide to Murder''If you like Stephen King, snap this up!'' - Cass Green, Sunday Times bestselling author of In a Cottage in a Wood''Scream meets The Babadook in small-town USA'' - Kirsty Logan, award-winning author of The Gracekeepers

Brought to you by Penguin. There''s something bad in the water . . .Lola Nox is the daughter of a celebrated horror filmmaker, and thinks she knows all about Harrow Lake, the setting of his most famous movie.But when her father is brutally attacked and she''s sent there to stay with her reclusive grandmother, she realizes the town is harbouring secrets more horrifying than she could ever have imagined. Not only is this the place where her mother disappeared without a trace, it''s a town holding on to a dark past that''s even more frightening than her father''s movies. As Lola is drawn deeper into the town''s grip, she starts to question what''s real, what happened to her mother, and whether she''ll ever get out of Harrow Lake alive.© Kat Ellis 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Brought to you by Penguin. THE BRAND NEW TERRIFYING THRILLER FROM KAT ELLISFrom its creepy town mascot to the story of its cursed waterfall, Burden Falls is a small town dripping with superstition. Ava Thorn knows this well - since the horrific accident she witnessed a year ago, she''s been plagued by nightmares.But when her school nemesis is brutally murdered and Ava is the primary suspect, she starts to wonder if the legends surrounding the town are more fact than fiction.Whatever secrets Burden Falls is hiding, there''s a killer on the loose, and they have a vendetta against the Thorns...''Riverdale meets The Haunting of Hill House'' - Amy McCaw, author of Mina and the Undead''Kat Ellis wields an oppressive atmosphere like a sharply honed blade'' - Sera Milano, author of This Can Never Not Be Real''Horrifyingly good fun!'' Kathryn Foxfield, author of Good Girls Die FirstPraise for Harrow Lake:''A captivating and creeping mystery full of brilliantly twisting turns and dark secrets'' - Holly Jackson, bestselling author of A Good Girls'' Guide to Murder''If you like Stephen King, snap this up!'' - Cass Green, Sunday Times bestselling author of In a Cottage in a Wood''Scream meets The Babadook in small-town USA'' - Kirsty Logan, award-winning author of The Gracekeepers© Kat Ellis 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021