1988 : Thirteen-year-old Andy Miller and his friends - Carl, Brian, Johnny and Gavin - become witnesses to the vicious attack of their classmate, Poppy, and the brutal murder of her sister at a flooded railway line they call the frog ponds. They lead the police to a suspect, a vulnerable older boy whose differences single him out. But when he commits suicide, his guilt is never proven. And the crime goes unpunished, until . Now : Carl's body is found beside the same body of water - and the lives of the four remaining friends start to unravel. Is the hag-like woman terrorizing their every waking moment really a grown-up Poppy hellbent on revenge? Or something else . something steeped in childhood nightmares? Something determined to reveal the truth and punish the wicked.'[A] grim tale of murder, madness and slithering things in dark, hidden places' Sunday TImes bestselling author Paul Finch'A tightly wound tale with doses of dry limey humor on the way to a finale of gut-clutching violence' Booklist on Death Pact 'Completely apocalyptic .

With characters who are truly mad, bad, and dangerous' Kirkus Reviews on Death Pact.