Oxford Blood
by Rachael Davis-Featherstone
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Pub Date 28 Aug 2025 | Archive Date 31 Jul 2025
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Description
For fans of A Good Girls Guide to Murder and The Secret History, this riveting murder mystery thriller from a brilliant new voice in YA fiction explores themes of privilege, prejudice and identity.
Eva has one dream: to study English at Oxford University. Not only will she receive a world-class education – getting into Oxford is a pass to freedom.
But when Eva and her best friend George are invited to Interview Week, they find themselves part of a kill-or-be-killed competition on an anonymous student forum, Oxford Slays. When Eva finds George dead on the steps of a statue in the college, she knows he’s been murdered – but all eyes are now on her. Can she clear her name, catch the true killer and win her place at Beecham College?
Eva has one week to prove her innocence, and Oxford Slays will be watching.
Ace of Spades meets The Secret History in this riveting murder mystery thriller, full of narrative twists and turns, complex and appealing characters and a captivating, authentic setting – set against the backdrop of an important message about the true cost of privilege.
“A smart, captivating murder mystery, packed full of twists and turns, with a courageous and fiercely intelligent heroine." The Bookseller (Book of the Month)
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781529519846 |
| PRICE | £8.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 352 |
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Featured Reviews
Nicola W, Reviewer
This book was AMAZING!! Can I give it 10 stars?
Man, I love books like these. In fact, this might be one of my favourite genres. YA murder mystery set against the backdrop of Oxford. The vibes, the intrigue, the mystery. And that, coupled with amazing writing, makes for one hell of a compelling story.
I kept blacking out and reading 50/100 pages at a time easily, loosing track of time as I got completely absorbed into the book.
We follow Eva as she embarks on her week long residential interviews for Beecham College. The competition is fierce - up against the privileged and privately educated, both herself and her kind of-boyfriend George are both accepted to attend the interviews with the hopes they’ll both get accepted and start their new lives amongst the intellectual elite.
But when there’s a murder on campus, it threatens to destroy everything for Eva. She tries to get to the bottom of the murder and has more depending on it than meets the eye.
I could not give it less than absolute full stars for how hooked I was into this. 5/5 easy. This author absolutely blew this story out of the park and I’m down for whatever she produces in the future - automatic read from me! A sure fire recommendation and I’ve just finished it but want to read it again. A true marker of a great book.
Eilish O, Reviewer
Loved everything about this book! The characters were great, it was quick paced and the story itself was amazing, the plot was so well done and the gripping (I finished it in a couple of hours due to not being able to put it down). Cant wait to read more from this author!
