The Current - authors U to Z

Between

Jessica Warman

In this ingeniously plotted murder mystery popular and beautiful rich-girl Liz wakes up after her 18^th birthday party and receives a nasty shock when she discovers her own body floating face-down in the water. Trapped in limbo she tries to piece together the events that led to her death and find out who her murderer is. But as she visits friends and family and looks with a new eye at past events she realises that she has to face up to some home truths about herself and everyone around her.

9781405260480 Egmont 2011

Blood Red Road

Moira Young

Saba and her family scrape a living in Silverlake, a barren dustbowl of a place, scavenging junk and nursing their depleting supply of water. Then four riders appear out of a sandstorm, killing her father and kidnapping her twin brother. As she goes to get him back Saba discovers that the world outside Silverlake is just as harsh but that she has the toughness not just to survive but also to take on her enemies. Told by Saba herself in a spare and vivid style, this is a well-written and involving story with an interesting heroine.

9781407124254 Marion Lloyd 2011

The Midnight Palace

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Set in Calcutta in the early twentieth century this atmospheric thriller tells the story of twins Ben and Sheere who were separated at birth under mysterious circumstances and are reunited just before their sixteenth birthday in time to join forces against a shadowy figure from the past which has been pursuing them. The final chilling showdown occurs in the ruins of the old railway station which they have nicknamed the Midnight Palace.

9781444001679 Orion Children’s 2011