❝ Things are only as beautiful as you make them, Charlie. Including murder. ❞ It's the opening night of Burton Abbey's production of Romeo and Juliet and all is going smoothly - that is until the climactic death scene. Romeo takes a big gulp of the poison to be with his lover, except it really is poison and Elijah, who plays Romeo, is now dead. Charlie Monet, in charge of props, is the first suspect but soon the suspicion around her turns to worry as it seems she's the next target. Khaleel Rahim, an aspiring writer, is dying for a mystery to solve at his new school. When he sees Charlie sneaking around at night he thinks he's finally found something worth writing about. After discovering Charlie's ability to see visions of the past, Khaleel decides that they're the perfect pair to solve the mystery. With threatening notes, a quiet library and poison disguised as props; somebody in the school is blurring the lines between theatre and reality and the fast friends are about to discover that there's more to boarding school than just silly rumours. [2022 Watty's Shortlist]

"All of them have no arms, legs, their faces are destroyed, and the organs are missing" That's how innocent victims die every day. Faye Collins witnesses the crime first time in her life knows something is wrong. It gets worse when she sees a set of numbers on her friend's arm, Grace Evans, that leads to her friend's sudden death. Soon, odd things happen. She often feels like she is being watched by someone, at least that is what her gut says. She gets phone calls from an unknown number. Someone stands outside of her room every night and knocks on the door. Grieving with Grace's death, she needs to find the truth. Will she ever find the actual killer? Or is the actual killer just standing in front of her without her even knowing it? Trigger warnings: violent, gore no characters and story of this book may be reproduced or copied without the permission from the writer.