It's a horrom-com (AKA a genre I just invented, the horror romantic comedy). If you liked Being Human, Misfits or Crashing by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, then I hope you'll like this book. I'm so excited for you to meet my nineties ghost gang - Rima, Felix, Kasper and Leah, as well as Leah's young baby Claudia, and Rima's pet fox Cody. She has a lot to learn about life, even after she's died. When Harriet becomes a ghost, she finds them as baffling as they find her modern. They've spent years bickering, flirting, play-fighting and developing in-jokes with each other in the decrepit and abandoned building where they all died. The other ghosts happen to be freshers who all died in their halls of residence during their first year of uni, decades earlier. It's about a girl who gets in above her head when she tries to become the most powerful ghost in a building of ancient spirits. It's a big one - it's currently 110,000 words, which is the longest thing I've ever written. THE RECKLESS AFTERLIFE OF HARRIET STOKER! Coming out on 3rd September 2020 with Walker Books in the UK and Australia, this is my first ever fantasy novel. I LOVED IT!” – Lucy Powrie, author of The Paper & Hearts Society “Cool nineties ghosts, a complex antiheroine and twists and turns that will have you reeling long after you’ve turned the last page. “Startlingly original, so twisty and clever and tense with wit and humour thrown in too” – Laura Wood, author of A Sky Painted Gold
With characters I instantly loved (and some I hated) this book is my favourite Lauren James story.” – Alice Oseman, author of Heartstopper
Twisty plot, murderous ghosts, found family, slow-burn romance – I was hooked from the very first chapter and could not put this book down.
I hope you enjoy meeting Harriet and my ghost gang! Some extra content: Eek, this has been shortlisted for the 2021 CrimeFest Award for Best Crime Novel for Young Adults! So over the moon! <3
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