A Lesson in Vengeance - VICTORIA LEE

Since its founding, five girls have died at Dalloway School.

They were five violent deaths.

They say that sometimes you can still smell blood in the air.

The blood of the five Dalloway girls.

This dark and gruesome story seems to be written in every corner of the school. In every room… and someone wants to bring it to light.

But… what is the price of digging up the past?

Are the spirits willing to tell what happened within the school walls?

Welcome to Dalloway School, reader.

Remember that in all stories, there are heroes and villains… who are you?

Felicity Morrow is back at Dalloway School.

Located in the Catskill Mountains, the century-old, ivy-covered campus was her home until her girlfriend's tragic death. Now, a year later, she has returned to finish high school. She even has her old room in Godwin House, the exclusive dormitory rumored to be haunted by the spirits of five students… who, they say, were witches. The Dalloway Five died mysteriously, one after another, on the Godwin grounds.

Witchcraft is linked to the place's past. The school authorities don't talk about it, but the students do. In secret rooms and dark corners, the girls gather.

And before her girlfriend died, Felicity was drawn to the darkness. Now she is determined to leave it behind, but it's hard when Dalloway's hidden history is everywhere. And when the new girl won't let her forget.

It's Ellis Haley's first year at the school, and she has already amassed a loyal following. A prodigy novelist at seventeen, Ellis is what is known as a "method writer." She is eccentric and brilliant, and Felicity's attraction is undeniable. So, when Ellis asks her to help investigate the Dalloway Five for her second book, Felicity can't refuse. Given her relationship with the arcane, she is the perfect resource.

And when history begins to repeat itself, Felicity will have to confront the darkness that lurks in Dalloway… and the one that lurks within herself.

"With queer characters, an irresistible gothic atmosphere, and relentless, growing terror, this innovative work on a dark academy is thrilling and thought-provoking."

Publishers Weekly, starred review