Author: Killick, Jennifer
Interest age: from c 9 years
Published on 29 January 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (Farshore) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Serial Chillers' series.
Paperback | 288 pages
128 x 198 x 17 | 178gThe must-read new middle-grade novel from the author of the super-spooky Dread Wood series. Perfect for 9+ fans of R.L.Stine’s Goosebumps and Stranger Things.
'Jennifer Killick has become the go-to horror writer for readers aged nine and over … readers are as likely to howl with laughter as with terror.”
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The Sunday Times
Welcome to Hazard. An ordinary town where strangeness is a way of life. A place where nothing is what it seems and where things really DO go bump in the night …
Travis, Zayd, Danielle and Selene have been drawn together to investigate the strange goings-on in their home town. Sinkholes, disappearances and weird creatures are spotted lurking in the darkness. This time, their investigations lead them to the mysterious mines that run underneath Hazard. But a creature is lurking down there in the darkness. And it's hungry for flesh …