OUR WICKED HISTORIES

A speculative YA horror novel pitched as Gossip Girl meets The Turn of the Screw; about a teen girl's attempt to make amends with her former friend group and a terrifying weekend getaway - at an ancestral Irish estate - which takes a sinister turn.

There's something in the lake at Wren Hall. Or, at least, that's what the locals say. Not that Meg cares much about the rumors. When she's invited to spend Halloween weekend at the Irish retreat estate, the Irish retreat of the wealthy Wren twins, she recognizes it for exactly what it is: her last, and only, chance to get back into Greyscotts, the exclusive art school she attended on scholarship until last summer. Clever, beautiful, and talented, the twins are the pride of Greyscotts, and kind-hearted Lottie Wren was once Meg's closest mate. But not anymore. None of Meg's friends have talked to her since she left schooland they don't talk about the incident that resulted in her suspension. Now, Meg is willing to do whatever it takes to earn forgiveness. Yet Wren Hall is far from the idyllic country manor Meg has been expecting. The house is damp and drafty, the hallway mirrors are all covered, and the weed-choked lake is at the center of a number of legendsa tainted legacy that seems to haunt the house to this day. The truth is, people aren't the only ones with secrets. Places can keep them tooand Wren Hall is drowning in them. When the past starts to bleed into the present and ancient sins are unearthed, Meg must ask herself how well she really knows her one-time best friendsand if any of them will leave the weekend alive. Amy Goldsmith grew up on the south coast of England, obsessed with obscure 70s horror movies and antiquarian ghost stories. She studied Psychology at the University of Sussex and, after gaining her Postgraduate Certificate in Education, moved to inner London to teach. Now, she lives back on the south coast where she still teaches English and spends her weekends trawling antiques shops for haunted mirrors. She is the author of Those We Drown and Our Wicked Histories.