First published 2014
Alex Morris relocates from London to Edinburgh, hoping to start fresh as a high school drama teacher. But her new students prove deeply unsettled by her uncanny resemblance to a former teacher, the enigmatic Annabel, who died under mysterious circumstances years ago. As Alex delves into Annabel's past, she uncovers a web of secrets that threaten to consume her present. Can she unravel the truth before her students' fixation on Annabel destroys them all?
Genres: fiction, mystery, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: London, Edinburgh
Period: present-day
321 pages · Kindle Edition · Corvus