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The Dead House

On sale

3rd July 2014

Price: £6.99

Selected:  ebook / ISBN-13: 9781444922004

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Highly Commended by the Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2010.

Lauren and her aunt and uncle are returning to London after years living away in Cornwall. For Lauren it is a return to the sight of a terrible family tragedy and a house full of ghosts. When she was six years old her mum and little sister were murdered in their home … and Lauren’s dad was put in prison for the crime. Now she is living a stone’s throw from her old house, and despite her trepidation, Lauren is curious to know who lives there now, and how the house will make her feel. When she becomes friendly with Nathan, the son of the new owners, she finds herself back at the scene of so many nightmares…of memories, but also of things forgotten. Lauren blocked out a lot of that fateful day, but now that she’s older, things are coming back to her…things that could mean her dad is innocent, not guilty of murder. After all these years of hating him Lauren now faces the prospect of loving her dad once again. But is it that easy?

Reviews

School Librarian
Cassidy is perceptive and convincing
Books for Keeps
The writing is assured and deftly paced...a subtly, maturely handled love interst and a wry glance at the moral values of modern society
Carousel
Gripping
The Daily Mail
Cassidy's challenging fiction never sidesteps difficult issues
theguardian.com
I love how it was an epistolary psychological thriller because it made the story move quickly. There was no shortage of plot twists, specifically near the end. It's a book which will haunt you long after you've finished reading it. I want to read more books by this author because I want to see what psychological plot twists and turns she comes up with next
Daily Telegraph
'This is a successful psychological thriller that gallops along.'
Books For Keeps
The writing is assured and eftly paced... a wry glance at the moral values of modern society. *****
The Daily Telegraph
A successful psychological thriller that gallops along
Carousel
A tough story... but only too plausible. Gripping.
Daily Mail
Cassidy's challenging fiction never sidesteps difficult issues.