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Butterfly Grave

by Anne Cassidy

Interest age: 12+
Reading age: 12+

Published by Bloomsbury, 2013

  • Thriller

About this book

Having been separated as young children, Rose and Joshua have recently become close as they try to find out what happened the night their parents disappeared.

When Joshua's uncle has a nasty accident, they are keen to help out, and drive to Newcastle to visit him along with their friend Skeggsie. But Joshua has suspicions not only that the 'accident' was anything but, but also that they are being watched and followed. Although Rose initially dismisses his worries as paranoia, she is forced to think again when a brutal and senseless murder seems to suggest that someone will go to any lengths to stop their search for the real facts.

Not quite as macabre as its billing would suggest, this installment of Anne Cassidy's Murder Notebooks series is a thoughtful and inventive tale of intrigue and deception. A pacy teen thriller about two young people's determination to find the truth.

About the author

Anne Cassidy lives in Essex. She was a teacher for twenty years. Her first book was published in 1991 and she has since published over twenty teen novels. She is the author of Looking for JJ, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award 2004 and the Carnegie Medal 2005 and won the 2004 Booktrust Teenage Book Award.

As a crime writer, inspiration for Anne's books often comes from news stories of teen crime. Anne is also interested in the philosophical aspect of murder. She says, 'People take great delight in reading Crime Fiction. Why is this? We live in a modern liberal society which abhors the death penalty yet we soak up murder stories in print and on television. So I asked myself the question is it ever right to murder? Are there any circumstances that make murder the preferable option?'

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