The Night Stairs
Author: Kelly, Erin
ISBN: 9781787305625
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 07 Jul 2026
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;When schoolgirls start fainting one after the other at an elite convent boarding school, old legends twist into new scandals. Plt;/bPgt;From irresistible bestselling storyteller Erin Kelly comes the new compulsive thriller that will leave you craving to read more.
Plt;bPgt;Every school has its scandals. This one could be fatal.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;Had me hooked from page oneP#39; JENNIE GODFREYPlt;BRPgt;P#39;Deliciously darkP#39; JANE FALLONPlt;BRPgt;P#39;Relentlessly gripping...Original, atmosphericP#39; LUCY CLARKEPlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Centuries of tradition are coming to an end at St CordulaP#39;s Catholic boarding school. Deputy Head, Fiona Fox, is about to preside over a controversial move to save it from ruin.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Legend has it that the ghost of fifteenth-century nun, Sister Matilda, will keep St CordulaP#8217;s safe. But only as long as the words P#8216;GOD FORGIVE MEP#8217;, scrawled by Matilda on a chapel staircase wall before she fell to her death, are repainted every year. The words have only been allowed to fade once, in 2002. Then, fits of vertigo spread through the pupils, and a second girl fell to her death on the night stairs.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Only three people know the truth of what happened on the night of the tragedy. Now the vertigo is back, and unless Fiona can stem the outbreak, St. CordulaP#8217;s darkest secret could claim another girlP#8217;s life...Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;The new thriller, with a jaw-dropping twist, from bestselling storyteller Erin KellyPlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#39;A complex and beautifully written gothic thriller...I raced through itP#39; CLARE MACKINTOSHPlt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;Outstanding...as much an insightful novel about female friendship and betrayal as it is a compelling mysteryP#39; JANE CASEYPlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#39;A stylish and utterly compulsive read from one of my favourite storytellersP#39; RUTH WAREPlt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#8216;Hysteria, secrets, faithP#8230; and murder? This gothic boarding school mysteryP#8230;gripped me until the very last twistP#8217; JUNO DAWSONPlt;/bPgt;
ISBN: 9781787305625
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 07 Jul 2026
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;When schoolgirls start fainting one after the other at an elite convent boarding school, old legends twist into new scandals. Plt;/bPgt;From irresistible bestselling storyteller Erin Kelly comes the new compulsive thriller that will leave you craving to read more.
Plt;bPgt;Every school has its scandals. This one could be fatal.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;Had me hooked from page oneP#39; JENNIE GODFREYPlt;BRPgt;P#39;Deliciously darkP#39; JANE FALLONPlt;BRPgt;P#39;Relentlessly gripping...Original, atmosphericP#39; LUCY CLARKEPlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Centuries of tradition are coming to an end at St CordulaP#39;s Catholic boarding school. Deputy Head, Fiona Fox, is about to preside over a controversial move to save it from ruin.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Legend has it that the ghost of fifteenth-century nun, Sister Matilda, will keep St CordulaP#8217;s safe. But only as long as the words P#8216;GOD FORGIVE MEP#8217;, scrawled by Matilda on a chapel staircase wall before she fell to her death, are repainted every year. The words have only been allowed to fade once, in 2002. Then, fits of vertigo spread through the pupils, and a second girl fell to her death on the night stairs.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Only three people know the truth of what happened on the night of the tragedy. Now the vertigo is back, and unless Fiona can stem the outbreak, St. CordulaP#8217;s darkest secret could claim another girlP#8217;s life...Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;The new thriller, with a jaw-dropping twist, from bestselling storyteller Erin KellyPlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#39;A complex and beautifully written gothic thriller...I raced through itP#39; CLARE MACKINTOSHPlt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;Outstanding...as much an insightful novel about female friendship and betrayal as it is a compelling mysteryP#39; JANE CASEYPlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#39;A stylish and utterly compulsive read from one of my favourite storytellersP#39; RUTH WAREPlt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#8216;Hysteria, secrets, faithP#8230; and murder? This gothic boarding school mysteryP#8230;gripped me until the very last twistP#8217; JUNO DAWSONPlt;/bPgt;
