Alia's changing. She's losing her soft edges, becoming sharper and more intense. The new Alia seems possessed by a strange power. Something sinister is eating her up from the inside, hollowing her out and if it isn't stopped, Alia will be transformed for ever.
Ellen's just sixteen, but she's dying-and nobody knows why. So when she's sent to her gran's house she's relieved to find a distraction in the form of her great-grandmother's diaries, written when she was Ellen's age. As Ellen reads, she becomes increasingly embroiled in the fascinating story of her life. Who is the enigmatic and seductive Count her great-grandmother was supposed to marry? And why is it that Ellen and her great-grandmother resemble each other so much that they could be twins? But Ellen's condition is worsening, and it's becoming more and more difficult for her to distinguish her own life from the nightmarish events recorded in the diaries. Is the past destroying her, or do the diaries hold the key to Ellen's survival...?
Davey's always been a light sleeper. But since his last trip home, the dark has become a dangerous place and sleep the stuff of nightmares. Enter the Catchman. Once he terrorised a city, now he's stalking Davey. He's waiting until Davey turns his back, closes his eyes.
Photo kiosks always seem to be tucked away in some dusty corner. Somewhere quiet and so public and yet you're on your own. You put the money in and flash - don't forget to smile. Flash - for the facetaker. Flash - for the fateshaker. Flash - for the soulbreaker!
Hallowe'en's great, right? A chance to get back at all the adults who make life hell. A night to make them suffer - and they just have to laugh and take it. That's how it works. But what if you've hitched up with someone who has serious payback in mind? A girl with a whole lifetime of vengeance to take. A trick-night veteran who plays by different rules... Do you really want to be out there with her...in the dark?
Finn's not at all sure about the Salt House. Overlooking Westwater Bay, it brings back all her nightmare fears of drowning. Of the ghosts of the dead reaching for her.… And Westwater is dangerous. Countless seafarers have drowned here, their ships lost—broken on the vicious Viper Rocks. Lured by the wrecker's false lights, summoned by the dark enchantments of cunning men—masters of storms and tides. Or so the legends say.…
Peter and Johnny's dad has uprooted them from home and dumped them in an old house in the Scottish Highlands. They are not happy. Neither is the housekeeper, Mrs McNab - not a child friendly person at all and she's in sole charge of the boys.