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Pub Date 11 Nov 2025 | Archive Date Not set
Simon and Schuster UK Children's | Simon & Schuster Children's UK

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From bestselling and award-winning author Benjamin Dean comes a dark, decadent and deadly YA thriller following the perfectly privileged lives of spoilt rich kids and the messy, murderous things they'll do to get what they want. For fans of How to Die Famous, One of Us is Lying and Five Survive.

Ten friends. One night. A classy celebration. A deranged killer. Lots of murder. 


Noah and his best friends are finally graduating from Woodthorn Academy with the world and all its promises laid out before them. To celebrate exam results day, they’re hosting a party weekend at Black Stone, an opulent country estate, for the whole school to attend. But for one night only, the ten friends will have a low-key celebration – after all, it’s how the upper echelons begin their futures.
 
But things take a sinister turn when they find themselves in the crosshairs of a killer making one simple demand: every hour, one person must be evicted from the house or someone inside the house will die.
 
With nowhere to run and a killer on the prowl, choices must be made. But, as people inside the house start to go missing too, it soon becomes clear that nobody is safe. By the time morning comes, who will have survived the night? And is the killer much closer than they realised . . .

PRAISE FOR BENJAMIN DEAN:

‘A scandalous thriller.’ The Guardian

‘Benjamin Dean has written a royal triumph.’ Juno Dawson, author of Clean

‘Scandalous, funny, and deliciously compelling!’ Catherine Doyle, co-author of Twin Crowns

‘All hail this exquisitely twisty, delightfully queer mystery.’ Chelsea Pitcher, author of This Lie Will Kill You

‘A compelling thriller that stays with you long after you’ve finished reading.’ Kathryn Foxfield, author of Good Girls Die First
 
‘More jaw-dropping, OMG-twists than even the most salacious tabloid journalist could create.’ Erik J. Brown, author of All That's Left in the World
 
‘One page-burning scandal after another. Benjamin Dean is YA royalty.’ Femi Fadugba, author of The Upper World

‘A scandalous, twisty mystery that had me on the edge of my seat gasping for more.’ Kate Weston, author of Murder on a School Night

‘A twisty thriller that kept me guessing until the very end.’ Lex Croucher, author of Gwen and Art are Not in Love

‘Addictive, compelling, and utterly delicious.’ Simon James Green, author of Noah Can’t Even
From bestselling and award-winning author Benjamin Dean comes a dark, decadent and deadly YA thriller following the perfectly privileged lives of spoilt rich kids and the messy, murderous things...

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ISBN 9781398540712
PRICE £8.99 (GBP)
PAGES 336

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Loved everything about this book, took me completely by surprise, the story was well write, the characters were amazing and the pace was quick. Amazing read!

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A fantastically creepy book from Benjamin Dean. I didn't want to put it down.
Something happens to Noah and his friend Patrick at a party. They both disappear and only Noah returns, but he can't remember what happened.
Weeks later, to celebrate the end of school, the friends gather at a country mansion. Noah starts to question his guilt over the disappearance of Patrick and friends start to die.
Full of suspense and mystery, this was a great book, highly recommend.

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This is a brilliant YA thriller, and it will have you reading with all the lights on and the doors unlocked!
It has the “I know what you did last summer” vibes with a group of friends involved in something dark and then coming together for an epic house party. Friends throughout school, there are cracks in the veneer of them…and it isn’t long before punches are thrown and a kid is murdered.
Noah is at the centre of this, believing himself to be the killer of another friend a few months before. His amnesia is masking the truth but before the sun rises, it will all come out. But how many will need to be murdered first?
Thrilling, darkly funny and filled with a brave and bold cast of characters,
I need to go back and read more from Benjamin Dean- he is quite the weaver of fear!

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