Fear Files: A Trick of the Light
A Trick of the Light
Will be published approx. on 8. October 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-5295-2738-4 (ISBN)
Description
The second title in a spine-tingling middle-grade horror series by award-winning author Christopher Edge, perfect for 9+ fans of Goosebumps.
Nobody knows who started the Darkive. It's a database filled with first-hand accounts of strange, unexplained experiences. Ghosts; paranormal entities; weird anomalies. Each one is stored with a bank of evidence to prove the story. Are you ready to dive in?
Feeling ignored by her friends on a school residential trip at a creepy old manor house, ten-year-old Hazel meets a girl called Alice from another school, who is also on residential and feeling a bit lonely. Together they hatch a plan to get their own back, inventing a legend about a resident ghost who haunts the house to fool their friends. But as the spooky games and tricks they plan become a little too scary, Hazel starts to wonder if Alice is pushing things too far...
Nobody knows who started the Darkive. It's a database filled with first-hand accounts of strange, unexplained experiences. Ghosts; paranormal entities; weird anomalies. Each one is stored with a bank of evidence to prove the story. Are you ready to dive in?
Feeling ignored by her friends on a school residential trip at a creepy old manor house, ten-year-old Hazel meets a girl called Alice from another school, who is also on residential and feeling a bit lonely. Together they hatch a plan to get their own back, inventing a legend about a resident ghost who haunts the house to fool their friends. But as the spooky games and tricks they plan become a little too scary, Hazel starts to wonder if Alice is pushing things too far...
Reviews / Votes
"A perfect shot of horror for young readers." * Jennifer Killick on Fear Files: Hide and Seek * "Absolutely loved it! Took me back to my days of reading Point Horror - gripping, atmospheric, claustrophobic and a wonderfully swift read. A generation has just found their new nightmare fuel!" * Louie Stowell * "Uniquely terrifying and relentless, Hide and Seek is a brilliantly conceived nightmare that lingers in the shadows of your mind. I ran out of fingernails to bite long before the end." * Jonathan Stroud on Fear Files: Hide and Seek * "A deliciously scary and suspense-filled treat." * The Guardian *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
270 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5295-2738-4 (9781529527384)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Christopher Edge is an award-winning children's author whose books have been translated into more than twenty languages. As well as the Fear Files series, his novels include The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day, which won the STEAM Children's Book Prize, and Escape Room, the #1 Amazon bestseller. Described by The Guardian as "a writer of genuine originality" and by The Times as "the coolest science teacher you probably never had", Christopher grew up in Manchester but now lives in Gloucestershire, close to his local library. Find out more about Christopher at christopheredge.co.uk and follow him on X as @EdgeChristopher and on Instagram as @ChristopherEdge.