Young Adult Horror

For decades people had felt or heard strange things in the old house, but nothing dangerous, nothing sinister... until now...

Julie Logan wasn't looking forward to spending a month in her grandfather's house while her parents were on holiday. She was expected to help her cousin Brian with his studying, and she thought it would be very, very dull. She was wrong.

It began with the sound of footsteps in an empty room... then a series of apparently unconnected accidents...

Julie soon finds herself drawn into a horrifying mystery that reaches beyond the limits of time and touches every member of her family, both the living – and the dead.

Then the appearance of a glowing, unearthly shape...

Julie and Brian become involved in a race against time to discover the identity of the apparition whose presence signifies death.

 

Ireland & UK: Poolbeg Press, April 1996

Germany: as Die Schrift im Spiegel

 

"Our tip for the top here is Michael Carroll, who has so far limited himself to young adult works such as the excellent She Fades Away but will shortly blossom into a major genre figure." - SFX magazine