
The Executioners Three
Susan Dennard(Author)
Daphne Press
Published on 26. August 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-83784-090-8 (ISBN)
Description
Discover this paranormal 90s-set mystery in a spooky small town hiding dark secrets which stretch back centuries - a perfect Halloween read for Stranger Things fans.
Freddie Gellar didn't mean to get half the rival high school arrested. She'd simply heard shrieks coming from the woods, so she'd called the cops like any good human would do. How was she supposed to know it was just kids partying?
Except the next day, a body is found. And while the local sheriff might call it suicide, Freddie's instincts tell her otherwise. So, like the aspiring sleuth (and true X-Files aficionado) she is, Freddie sets out to prove there's a murderer at large.
But her investigation is quickly disrupted by the rivalry between her school and the school of the partying teens she got arrested. For over twenty years now, the two student bodies have had an ongoing prank war, and Freddie's failed attempt at Good Samaritanism has upped the ante. Big time. Worse, the clever-and gorgeous-leader of the rival prank squad has set his sights on Freddie.
As more pranks unfurl, more bodies also start piling up in the forest. But it's the supernatural warning signs around town-each plucked straight from an old forgotten poem called "The Executioners Three"-that worry Freddie the most. She knows the poem and its blood curse can't be real, but she's quickly running out of time to prove it.
Because the murderer-or executioners?-knows she's onto them now, and their next target might just be Freddie.
Freddie Gellar didn't mean to get half the rival high school arrested. She'd simply heard shrieks coming from the woods, so she'd called the cops like any good human would do. How was she supposed to know it was just kids partying?
Except the next day, a body is found. And while the local sheriff might call it suicide, Freddie's instincts tell her otherwise. So, like the aspiring sleuth (and true X-Files aficionado) she is, Freddie sets out to prove there's a murderer at large.
But her investigation is quickly disrupted by the rivalry between her school and the school of the partying teens she got arrested. For over twenty years now, the two student bodies have had an ongoing prank war, and Freddie's failed attempt at Good Samaritanism has upped the ante. Big time. Worse, the clever-and gorgeous-leader of the rival prank squad has set his sights on Freddie.
As more pranks unfurl, more bodies also start piling up in the forest. But it's the supernatural warning signs around town-each plucked straight from an old forgotten poem called "The Executioners Three"-that worry Freddie the most. She knows the poem and its blood curse can't be real, but she's quickly running out of time to prove it.
Because the murderer-or executioners?-knows she's onto them now, and their next target might just be Freddie.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Young adult
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
282 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83784-090-8 (9781837840908)
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Susan Dennard is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Luminaries, the Witchlands series, and the Something Strange and Deadly series. She also runs the popular newsletter for writers, the Misfits and Daydreamers. When not writing or teaching writing, she can be found rolling the dice as a Dungeon Master or mashing buttons on one of her way too many consoles. Susan can be found Twitter as @stdennard.