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Price: $12.95

Format:
Paperback 272 pp.
129 mm x 198 mm

ISBN-10:
0192755625

ISBN-13:
9780192755629

Publication date:
February 2011

Imprint: OUP UK

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Ghost of a Chance

Rhiannon Lassiter

Last Chance . . .

'You know that girl, the one in my class? The one that died. She lived here.'

Lost Chance . . .

'You're dead, Eva Chance. You died and nobody noticed. You died and nobody cared.'

No more Chances left . . .

They said it was suicide, but Eva knows she was murdered. Now she inhabits a sinister spirit world along with the tortured and malevolent ghosts of her ancestral home. Solving the crime could end her existence - but if the killer isn't found how many more will die?

Readership : Teen, fans of supernatural thrillers and detective stories.

Reviews

  • "Lassiter . . . is a young writer to look out for"

    --The Times
  • Bad Blood: "A chilling horror story that really sets the spine tingling"

    --Lovereading4kids
  • "genuinely scary"

    --Amanda Craig, The Times
  • "contains moments of real terror"

    --Celia Rees

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Rhiannon Lassiter was born in 1977 and is the eldest daughter of award-winning children's author Mary Hoffman. Her first novel, Hex, was accepted for publication when she was nineteen years old. She lives and works in Oxford, where she attended university, reading English Literature at Corpus Christi College. Since then she has published nine further novels, a non-fiction book about the supernatural, and co-edited an anti-war anthology of poetry and prose. Rhiannon's books have been widely reviewed, nominated for multiple awards and translated into over ten foreign languages. In addition to writing Rhiannon has worked in marketing, web design, and journalism, and is currently a judge for the Arthur C. Clarke award.

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Special Features

  • An eerie, atmospheric ghost story that will chill to the core.
  • Rhiannon Lassiter's 'Hex' trilogy was a critically acclaimed best-seller, both here and in the US.
  • Lassiter's teenage characters are brilliantly drawn.
  • A young and promotable author with an ever-growing fan base.