YOUNG ADULT

ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL STRANGERS

(Penguin £7.99)

IN THIS gripping debut, 17-yearold Charlie Calloway, the elder daughter of a fabulously wealthy New York family, is recruited to join the A’s, a secret and powerful society at her exclusive boarding school.

The new initiates must complete a series of increasingly risky tasks that could damage the lives of their innocent victims — but, if the students fail to carry out the tests, the consequences will destroy their own futures.

Charlie’s own situation is further complicated by the disappearance of her mother, Grace, ten years earlier. The mystery of what happened to her unfolds as

Grace’s narration alternates with Charlie’s.

There’s real menace in this elegantly written thriller and Klehfoth is a name to watch.

WHITE RABBIT, RED WOLF by Tom Pollock (Walker £7.99)

PETE, 17, suffers from extreme anxiety and panic attacks, but soothes himself with his superb mathematical skills. His best friend has always been his twin sister, Bel, until he meets fellow prodigy and OCD sufferer Ingrid, who offers hope of a genuine friendship.

But when his scientist mother is found stabbed and Bel disappears, Pete is plunged into a terrifying world of spies, lies, secrecy and murder in which no one is who they seem to be.

The web of deception grows more tangled with each page.