

Here’s an article about the pros and cons of single-sex versus co-ed schools. St Oswald’s is finally admitting girls to the School. Find out about some of the longest ones here. Railway tunnels feature strongly in this book. If you’re studying it as part of a reading group, here are a few resources and ideas to get you started. A NARROW DOOR is the third of my novels featuring Roy Straitley, the Latin master, and the community of St Oswald’s Grammar School, although it can be read alone. 'A masterpiece of misdirection' Val McDermid Praise for Joanne Harris's other books set in the St Oswald's world: She'll bury the past so deep it will evade even her own memory, just like she has done before. And with it, the remains of a body are discovered.īut Rebecca is here to make her mark. As the new regime takes on the old guard, the ground shifts. Barely forty, she is just starting to reap the harvest of her ambition. Rebecca Buckfast has spilled blood to reach this position. For the first time in its history, a headmistress is in power, the gates opening to girls. It's an incendiary moment for St Oswald's school.

Now I'm in charge, the gates are my gates. 'A dark and richly enjoyable novel that already feels like a classic' ELLY GRIFFITHS 'Dark, Gothic, and propulsively readable' RUTH WARE 'A psychological thriller you can't put down' HARLAN COBEN 'Exhilarating, addictive, fierce' BRIDGET COLLINS 'Twist follows twist and nothing is what it seems' ALEX MICHAELIDES
