A Schooling in Murder

The Ashes of London author's new historical mystery set in WWII England, featuring a murder at Monkshill Park School for Girls. Annabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, left for the holidays and never came back, but her body washes out to sea. She haunts the grounds and school, discovering a hidden world of deadly rivalries and tensions, and one of them is her killer.

Format: Hardback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 05 June 2025
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

England, May 1945: Monkshill Park School for Girls, a seemingly peaceful and secluded institution, is actually a world away from the horrors of World War II. However, a murder has occurred on its lonely and decaying grounds, leaving everyone wondering what happened to Annabel Warnock, a teacher with a mysterious past who left for the holidays and never returned. Initially, it is assumed that she simply walked out, but the truth is far more sinister. Her body was found washed up on the Maidens Leap, a viewpoint on the clifftop Gothic Walk, and it is clear that she did not simply disappear. As Annabel haunts the grounds and school, she uncovers a hidden world filled with deadly rivalries and dangerous tensions. One of her fellow teachers, Miss Evelyn, is particularly suspicious, and as Annabel delves deeper into the mystery, she discovers that Miss Evelyn may be the killer. __________ England,May 1945 Monkshill Park School for Girls seems a world away from the violence that engulfed Europe during World War II. Yet its lonely,decaying grounds have witnessed a murder. Annabel Warnock,a teacher with a secretive past,left for the holidays and never came back. Both teachers and girls assume she simply walked out,but the truth is quite different. Her body tumbled from the Maidens Leap,a viewpoint on the clifftop Gothic Walk,and was washed out to sea. But Annabel herself is still trapped at Monkshill,unable to move on. As she haunts the grounds and school,she discovers a hidden world – students,staff and servants are riven with deadly rivalries and dangerous tensions. And one of them is her killer…
England, May 1945: Monkshill Park School for Girls, a seemingly peaceful and secluded institution, is actually a world away from the horrors of World War II. However, a murder has occurred on its lonely and decaying grounds, leaving everyone wondering what happened to Annabel Warnock, a teacher with a mysterious past who left for the holidays and never returned. Initially, it is assumed that she simply walked out, but the truth is far more sinister. Her body was found washed up on the Maidens Leap, a viewpoint on the clifftop Gothic Walk, and it is clear that she did not simply disappear. As Annabel haunts the grounds and school, she uncovers a hidden world filled with deadly rivalries and dangerous tensions. One of her fellow teachers, Miss Evelyn, is particularly suspicious, and as Annabel delves deeper into the mystery, she discovers that Miss Evelyn may be the killer.

Weight: 596g
Dimension: 163 x 241 x 37 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008494230