Strange Nature
1st Edition
Published on 14. August 2025
400 pages
978-1-5266-1935-8 (ISBN)
Description
Jasmin has always known that monsters are real. And they wear ordinary faces.
When she was a child, she witnessed her famous, adored grandfather attempt to kill her grandmother.
Now Jasmin is eighteen, watchful and curious. She hangs out at the local college, sneaking into the lectures of charismatic professor Theo Merrick and spying on an intoxicatingly cool group of older students. She can only dream of being part of their world.
Then, when a college student dies in mysterious circumstances, Jasmin seizes her chance to join the group as they try to solve the mystery - while unwittingly unraveling her own dark past.
A slow burn dark academia thriller, Strange Nature is a compulsive read that will haunt you long after the final page.
When she was a child, she witnessed her famous, adored grandfather attempt to kill her grandmother.
Now Jasmin is eighteen, watchful and curious. She hangs out at the local college, sneaking into the lectures of charismatic professor Theo Merrick and spying on an intoxicatingly cool group of older students. She can only dream of being part of their world.
Then, when a college student dies in mysterious circumstances, Jasmin seizes her chance to join the group as they try to solve the mystery - while unwittingly unraveling her own dark past.
A slow burn dark academia thriller, Strange Nature is a compulsive read that will haunt you long after the final page.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 12 years
ISBN-13
978-1-5266-1935-8 (9781526619358)
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Mary Watson grew up in Cape Town during the apartheid years and did her Masters in Creative Writing with André Brink. She won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2006 and appeared on Hay Festival's Africa39 list of influential writers. Her first novel for young adults, The Wren Hunt, was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards and nominated for the Carnegie Medal. This is her fourth YA novel. Mary lives in Galway with her family.
