- Imprint: Vintage
- ISBN: 9781529972832
- Length: 432 pages
- Price: £9.99
Jennie Godfrey, author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGSHad me hooked from page one. . . a twisty, confounding mystery
The TimesErin Kelly has huge fun stirring lashings of snobbery, religion, teenage bitchiness and a hot priest into her gothic take on Malory Towers-style school stories
Mail on SundayKelly brilliantly evokes the hothouse atmosphere of the school, and the dangerously intense feelings it fosters
Joanna Cannon, author of AN UNLIKELY VISITORErin Kelly is the utter queen of dark and twisty...an absolute joy
Lucy Clarke, author of THE HIKEI’ve loved each of Erin Kelly’s novels – but The Night Stairs is my new favourite. The richly evoked setting of St Cordula’s convent school becomes a playground for malaise and madness, in this relentlessly gripping psychological thriller. Original, atmospheric, and deliciously dark
Good HousekeepingA spine-chilling read
Juno Dawson, author of HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL COVENHysteria, secrets, faith. . . and murder? This gothic boarding school mystery had all of my favourite things, and gripped me until the very last twist. Erin Kelly is a cut above
John Marrs, author of DEAD IN THE WATERNobody builds a world quite as believable as Erin Kelly. And no one can tear it down quite so deliberately too. The Night Stairs is another captivating, fiendishly clever thriller with blindsiding twists
Jane Casey, author of THE SECRET ROOMOutstanding...peeling back the layers of respectability and tradition in a Catholic girls' school to reveal incense-bitter truths. Atmospheric and expertly crafted, this is as much an insightful novel about female friendship and betrayal as it is a compelling mystery...Erin Kelly is one of the absolute best in the business.
iThis elegantly written gothic thriller has a twist for the ages
About Erin Kelly
Erin Kelly is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Poison Tree, The Sick Rose, The Burning Air, The Ties That Bind, He Said/She Said, Stone Mothers/We Know You Know, Watch Her Fall, The Skeleton Key and The House of Mirrors, as well as Broadchurch: The Novel, inspired by the award-winning TV series. The Poison Tree became a major ITV drama and was a Richard & Judy Summer Read. He Said/She Said spent six weeks in the top ten in both hardback and paperback, was longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier crime novel of the year award and selected for both the Simon Mayo Radio 2 and Richard & Judy Book Clubs. The Skeleton Key was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller and was selected as a Waterstones Thriller of the Month. Born in London in 1976, Erin lives in north London with her husband and daughters.
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