Dear Mousey
Fun Facts About Murder: Use Coca-Cola to clean up blood spills. The combination of ascorbic acid and carbonated water actually digests the blood, leaving no trace of evidence.
Not that I’m planning a murder.
After thirty years at St Oswald's Grammar in North Yorkshire, Latin master Roy Straitley has seen all kinds of boys come and go - the clowns, the rebels, the underdogs, and those he calls his Brodie boys.
But every so often there's a boy who doesn't fit the mould. A troublemaker. A boy capable of twisting everything around him. A boy with hidden shadows inside.
With insolvency and academic failure looming, a new broom has arrived at the venerable school, bringing Powerpoint, sharp suits and even sixth form girls to the dusty corridors. But while Straitley does his sardonic best to resist this march to the future, a shadow from his past is stirring. A boy who even twenty years on haunts his teacher's dreams.
A boy capable of bad things.
The gripping new psychological thriller from Joanne Harris, to follow her best selling Gentlemen & Players and Blueeyedboy.
Perfect for fans of Claire Mackintosh, BA Paris, Paula Hawkins and Tracy Chevalier.
‘Crime novel or literary novel? Categories really don't matter; readers will find themselves comprehensively gripped.’ - Independent
‘A cracking psychological thriller’ - Good Housekeeping
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9780552777018
Number of pages: 512
Weight: 346 g
Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 32 mm
A magnificently plotted and twisty journey to the heart of a 24-year-old crime...darkly humorous...constantly wrongfoots and misdirects...up to a satisfyingly eccentric conclusion. - Observer
Slowly, Harris reveals tiny clues, withholding full explanations until the startling denouement. Classy writing, sensitive and moving. - The Times
Harris pulls off an impeccable thriller denouement...consistently entertaining. - John Dugdale, Sunday Times
It's Goodbye, Mr Chips meets The Bad Seed. Joanne Harris' latest has a killer elevator pitch and, what's more, it delivers on its intriguing premise...a rich, dramatic tale that builds to a surprising conclusion. - Washington Post
A masterpiece of misdirection. - Val McDermid
Harris magnificently manages every minute thread of the story, and even makes us laugh along the way . . . exquisitely sinister. . . Part black comedy, part thriller, and totally enjoyable. - Daily Mail
Tackles big subjects, including teacher-pupil romances, sexual assault, homophobia and murder.You'll love it if...you enjoyed The Girl on the Train so crave another intelligent thriller. - Sunday Telegraph
Deftly orchestrated and beautifully written tale of abuse, loyalty and regret. - Guardian
Her real metier is psychological suspense, and her accomplished new book, Different Class, is a prime example of her skills in this area . . . Crime novel or literary novel? Categories really don’t matter; readers will find themselves comprehensively gripped. - Independent
A long way from Chocolat, Joanne Harris's reinvention as a writer of psychological thrillers continues apace...delivers it beautifully. - Mail on Sunday
This is the third book of the Malbry cycle of dark psychological thrillers, ( Gentlemen & Players, Blueyed boy and now Different Class ). Joanna Harris takes us back to St. Oswald's Grammar School in North... More
I found myself deliciously drawn into the autonomous world of St Oswald's and its macabre web of secrecy. Elements of humour in the form of well meaning but old-fashioned Latin teacher Mr Straightley kept it... More
Different Class, by Joanne Harris, is the third book in a series of psychological thrillers by the author, each set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Malbry. I have not read the first two books so approached this one... More
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