Oxford Blood

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The first in a series of compelling and skilful dark academic thrillers from a brilliant new voice in YA fiction.

Eva has one dream: to study English at Oxford University. Not only will she receive a world-class education getting into Oxford is a pass to freedom.

But when Eva and her best friend George are invited to Interview Week, they find themselves part of a kill-or-be-killed competition on an anonymous student forum, Oxford Slays. When Eva finds George dead on the steps of a statue in the college, she knows hes been murdered but all eyes are now on her. Can she clear her name, catch the true killer and win her place at Beecham College

Eva has one week to prove her innocence, and Oxford Slays will be watching.

Ace of Spades meets The Secret History in this riveting murder mystery thriller, full of narrative twists and turns, complex and appealing characters and a captivating, authentic setting set against the backdrop of an important message about the true cost of privilege.

Author Bio

Rachael Davis-Featherstone studied Mathematics at Oxford University and then went to work in the cut-throat world of Finance. A few years later, Rachael decided life was too short not to do what you love, and left her job to do a masters in English Literature, before becoming a full-time writer. She writes for adults and children and her debut picture book, I Am Not a Prince! was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2023. This is her first book for teenagers. Rachael is represented by Alice Williams Literary.