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Spotlight on Help for the Haunted

Here at The Crime Vault we love spooky crime and thriller fiction, so we wanted to take this opportunity to highlight a book that we are incredibly excited about: Help for the Haunted by John Searles.

Help for the Haunted is a suspenseful and deeply atmospheric coming-of-age story that’s perfect for reading groups.

Watch author John Searles talking about his novel to find out more…

Rave reviews for Help for the Haunted

‘Part ghost story, part coming-of-age story, John Searles’ Help for the Haunted is a dazzling, dark portrait of a troubled family beset by the supernatural. Searles ratchets up the tension with every passing chapter, and delivers authentic and well-earned scares – all written through the lens of a lonely teenager searching for answers. The result is a novel both frightening and beautiful.’

GILLIAN FLYNN

‘I was completely consumed by Help for the Haunted; I read it in one sitting. I just can’t decide what I loved the most: its perfectly pitched teenage narrator; the ghost story that kept me riveted; the thriller that made me say, Oh, just one more chapter. John Searles has drawn a delicate portrait of the gap between what we know to be true and what we desperately want to believe. In fact, the only flaw I can find is that I’ve finished the novel – and that it’s going to be awfully hard for my next reading choice to measure up.’

JODI PICOULT 

‘Sweet, precocious, desperate Sylvie is a memorable young striver in the tradition of Scout Finch, and Help for the Haunted is an exceptional piece of storytelling… Fascinating…intricate storytelling, and it works beautifully…pitch-perfect narration

Washington Post 

‘A masterful genre mash-up that’s part paranormal thriller, part coming-of-age story, part crime fiction, Searles’ eerie novel about a young girl uncovering the mystery of her parents’ murders builds to a stunning and poignant conclusion.’

Entertainment Weekly

 

Help for the Haunted is released on 11/11/13. Click here to find out more and to pre-order.