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  • Published: 1 August 2014
  • ISBN: 9780552566766
  • Imprint: Corgi Childrens
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $22.99

The Demons of Ghent




A chilling Flanders-set crime thriller by acclaimed teen author, Helen Grant,

Veerle has moved to Ghent to start a new life with her father and his girlfriend, she's isolated and alone. But not as alone as she had thought . . .

Veerle recognises a familiar face in the crowds one day, a face connected to a past that she has been fighting to get over, a past that involved murder.

A spate of deaths hit the city but has Death followed Veerle to Ghent or is this something new?

  • Published: 1 August 2014
  • ISBN: 9780552566766
  • Imprint: Corgi Childrens
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Helen Grant

Helen Grant is a highly acclaimed YA author. Her debut novel attractied praise from critics and readers alike and was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal.

Born in London in 1964, Helen showed an early leaning towards the arts after being told off for writing stories under the desk during maths lessons. She went on to read Classics at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and then worked in marketing for ten years to fund her love of travelling before returning to writing.

Helen now lives near Brussels with her husband, her two children and their two cats.

Helen Grant was born in London. She read Classics at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and then worked in marketing for ten years in order to fund her love of travelling. In 2001 she and her family moved to Bad Münstereifel in Germany, and it was exploring the legends of this beautiful town that inspired her to write her first novel. She now lives in Brussels with her husband, her two children and a small German cat.

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Praise for The Demons of Ghent

Dark, atmospheric writing . . . briliantly controlled tension'

Daily Mail

The perfect book . . . heart-stoppingly scary

Bookwitch

Captivating from the first page . . . [Grant] is a first-class storyteller, and her books are thrillers that actually thrill

Young Post

Make[s] the kind of breathtaking journey I wanted to begin again the moment I'd finished

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