Summary
When schoolgirls start fainting one after the other at an elite convent boarding school, old legends twist into new scandals. From irresistible bestselling storyteller Erin Kelly comes the new compulsive thriller that will leave you craving to read more.
Every school has its scandals. This one could be fatal.
“Had me hooked from page one” - JENNIE GODFREY “Deliciously dark” - JANE FALLON “Relentlessly gripping…Original, atmospheric” - LUCY CLARKE
Centuries of tradition…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787305625 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787305627 |
| Author: | Erin Kelly |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Harvill |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 7 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 530g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 153mm x 232mm |
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Critics Review
Had me hooked from page one… a twisty, confounding mystery – Jennie Godfrey, author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS
Erin Kelly has huge fun stirring lashings of snobbery, religion, teenage bitchiness and a hot priest into her gothic take on Malory Towers-style school stories * The Times *
Kelly brilliantly evokes the hothouse atmosphere of the school, and the dangerously intense feelings it fosters * Mail on Sunday *
Erin Kelly is the utter queen of dark and twisty…an absolute joy – Joanna Cannon, author of AN UNLIKELY VISITOR
I’ve loved each of Erin Kelly’s novels – but The Night Stairs is my new favourite. The richly evoked setting of St Cordula’s convent school becomes a playground for malaise and madness, in this relentlessly gripping psychological thriller. Original, atmospheric, and deliciously dark – Lucy Clarke, author of THE HIKE
A spine-chilling read * Good Housekeeping *
Hysteria, secrets, faith… and murder? This gothic boarding school mystery had all of my favourite things, and gripped me until the very last twist. Erin Kelly is a cut above – Juno Dawson, author of HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL COVEN
Nobody builds a world quite as believable as Erin Kelly. And no one can tear it down quite so deliberately too. The Night Stairs is another captivating, fiendishly clever thriller with blindsiding twists – John Marrs, author of DEAD IN THE WATER
Outstanding…peeling back the layers of respectability and tradition in a Catholic girls’ school to reveal incense-bitter truths. Atmospheric and expertly crafted, this is as much an insightful novel about female friendship and betrayal as it is a compelling mystery…Erin Kelly is one of the absolute best in the business. – Jane Casey, author of THE SECRET ROOM
This elegantly written gothic thriller has a twist for the ages * i *
Erin Kelly
Erin Kelly is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Poison Tree, The Sick Rose, The Burning Air, The Ties That Bind, He Said/She Said, Stone Mothers, We Know You Know, Watch Her Fall, The Skeleton Key, and The House of Mirrors, as well as Broadchurch: The Novel, inspired by the award-winning TV series.
The Poison Tree became a major ITV drama and was a Richard & Judy Summer Read. He Said/She Said spent six weeks in the top ten in both hardback and paperback, was longlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculier crime novel of the year award, and was selected for both the Simon Mayo Radio 2 and Richard & Judy Book Clubs. The Skeleton Key was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller and was selected as a Waterstones Thriller of the Month.
Born in London in 1976, Erin lives in north London with her husband and daughters.
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