The Skull Studio

The Skull StudioIn a big abandoned house, on a barren hill, lives a skull. A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds herself lost in the dark forest, the lonely house beckons. Her host, the skull, is afraid of something too, something that comes every night. Can brave Otilla save them both?

assured debut' Elly Griffiths on Matthew Sullivan

she believes the people of Hampton Court can rest easy at last

and so determined to avoid the tributes due to the discovery of one of the world's great lost treasures

he notices a stranger lurking in the upper gallery of his shop

desperate to end his career as a spy during the Cold War

or can she escape the family curse and the mysterious fate that befell her aunt

after her feckless husband abandons her

17-year-old Bret is a senior at the exclusive Buckley prep school when a new student arrives with a mysterious past

The mother struggling alone with two young children

as the government looks to shut down the Sycamore Homes

but neither she nor her mother know about the other surprise guests that weekend: Liam and his father

and after several strange incidents that defy rational explanation