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How to Survive Your Murder
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Scream meets Happy Death Day in this terrifying stand-alone horror novel from YA scream queen Danielle Valentine.
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How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine is a gripping stand-alone horror novel blending the terror of Scream with the time-twisting thrills of Happy Death Day.
Alice Lawrence is the sole witness in her sister's murder trial. In the year since Claire's death, Alice's life has completely fallen apart. Her parents have divorced, she's moved into an apartment that smells like bologna, and she is being forced to face her sister's killer and a courtroom full of people who doubt what she saw in the corn maze a year prior.
Claire was an all-American girl, beautiful and bubbly, and a theatre star. Alice was a nerd who dreamed of becoming a forensic pathologist and would rather stay at home to watch her favourite horror movies than party. Despite their differences, they were bonded by sisterhood and were each other's best friends. Until Claire was taken away from her.
On the first day of the murder trial, as Alice prepares to give her testimony, she is knocked out by a Sidney Prescott look-alike in the courthouse bathroom. When she wakes up, it is Halloween night a year earlier, the same day Claire was murdered. Alice has until midnight to save her sister and find the real killer before he claims another victim.
This terrifying book reads like a horror movie. No, wait. It has the suspense and shocks and screams of ten horror movies in one. Great nasty fun!" - R.L. Stine, author of Goosebumps and Fear Street.
Now available in paperback, How to Survive Your Murder promises a thrilling read from the YA scream queen Danielle Valentine.
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How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine is praised for its intense and thrilling horror elements, akin to experiencing multiple horror films in one. It's described as chilling and unpredictable, appealing to fans of suspense and horror with its meta-narrative structure. The story is noted for its tension and twists, compelling readers to eagerly turn the pages.
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ISBN: 9780593527511
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 September 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Razorbill
Edition: International edition
Audience: Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 138.0mm
Height: 209.0mm
Weight: 289g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Danielle Valentine is a pseudonym for bestselling horror novelist, Danielle Vega. Her work, which includes The Merciless series, The Unleashed, and The Haunted. Her novel Survive the Night has been optioned for film and television by Lionsgate and Warner Bros, and has been translated into languages worldwide. Danielle lives in a (probably haunted) hundred-year-old house right outside of New York City with her husband, kid, and two ornery cats. HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR MURDER is her first thriller.
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