Complete Sat, Apr 18, 20207h 2m
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A campus thriller: suspense, murder & one handsome roommate.
*****
When Haley Bell is offered a scholarship to study at the exclusive Woodcreek College, famous for moulding the world's brightest thinkers, politicians and entrepreneurs, she jumps at the opportunity.
Except when she arrives, the murders start.
In a campus hidden from civilisation in the mountains of Colorado, Haley's classmates are slowly turning up dead. As the bodies pile up and eyes of suspicion turn on her, Haley finds that there's a reason why she was brought to Woodcreek.
And it wasn't to study.
"That opening line will hook you (I still think about it) & it DOESN'T STOP! I binged this like crazy" - Leah, Sr. Editorial Manager @ HQ
[[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]]
Cover designed by Ellie Sita
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