Joseph Delaney used to be an English teacher, before becoming the best-selling author of the Spook's series, which has been published in 30 countries and sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. The first book, The Spook's Apprentice, was adapted into a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.

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Hephzibah 
You've no idea what it's like having a freak for a sister. 
 
Rebecca 
Born first, prettier, Hephzi's always been the more popular one. 
 
The Father 
When he was busy with his bottle we were usually safe. Usually. 
 
The Mother 
Her specialist subject was misery and lessons of painful silence . . . 
 
Hephzibah and Rebecca are twins. 
 
One beautiful, one disfigured. 
Trapped with their loveless parents, they dream of a normal life.But when one twin tragically dies, the other must find a way to escape. Because if she doesn't, she'll end up like her sister .

Black Heart Blue

'They tried to make me go to my sister's funeral today. In the end I'd had to give in ... I'd been walking in her shadow for sixteen years and I liked its cool darkness. It was a good place to hide.' 
 
How would you feel if your twin sister died suddenly? Particularly if she was the beautiful one and you were horribly disfigured. 
 
And how would it feel to be alone now if you and your sister were the only ones to know the truth about what takes place behind closed doors at home? 
 
And what would you do if it was your parents who brought danger and terror into your life? Would you dare reveal how your sister died? 
 
And would you be brave enough to find an escape of your own? 
 
Black Heart Blue is a powerful novel about the domestic horrors that can unfold within a small community - and one girl's quest to stand up for the truth.

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