LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
October 2022 Debut of the Month
‘My name is Stina and I’m probably going to die soon.’ So opens Eva Frantz’s chilling gothic mystery. With her health deteriorating, little Stina is sent to the remote Raspberry Hill Sanatorium, a place that offers luxuries she’s never known, all welcome after the hardships at home. It’s lonely though, so Stina is pleased to meet Ruben another young patient, who shows her round the spooky old building at night. The more she finds out, the more Stina becomes aware that something’s not right at Raspberry Hill. As she recovers from her TB, is she facing another deadly threat?
Ghost story, thriller and mystery, and with an indomitable, straight-talking heroine, this is a satisfying and exciting read for wintery nights.
Andrea Reece
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The Mystery of Raspberry Hill Synopsis
The grown-ups all think she's going to die soon - she can see it in their eyes. Still, when poor twelve-year-old Stina is sent to remote Raspberry Hill Sanatorium she can't believe her luck. She gets to ride in a real motor car to the hospital, which looks like a magnificent castle hidden deep in the forest. But as Stina explores the long, echoey corridors of her eerie new home, she begins to suspect that the building is concealing a dark secret.
How did the old East Wing burn down? Why doesn't her mother reply to any of her letters? And what are the nurses all so afraid of? Stina is determined to solve the mystery of Raspberry Hill - but as she edges closer to the truth, she finds herself in terrible danger.
Translated by Annie Prime
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9781782693413 |
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13th October 2022 |
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Eva Frantz |
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Pushkin Children's Books |
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Paperback |
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156 pages |
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Press Reviews
Eva Frantz Press Reviews
‘A thrillingly gothic mystery. I loved the sense of hope that weaves its way through the story despite the dark and menacing atmosphere’ Lucy Hope, author of Fledgling
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About Eva Frantz
Eva Frantz is a Finnish radio and TV presenter and author. She was already an award-winning writer of crime novels for grown-ups when she wrote The Mystery of Raspberry Hill, her first book for children, which won the prestigious Runeberg Junior Prize. Although set in Finland, this book was actually inspired by a visit to Hampton Court Palace in London, which is said to be haunted by many ghosts.
Check her out on Instagram @evafrantz
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