Stephanie Stein at HarperTeen has acquired debut YA novel A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid , a feminist literary thriller and romantic fantasy pitched as The Hazel Wood meets Possession.
When architecture student Effy Sayre wins a contest to design her favorite author's family manor, she finds herself on a remote, crumbling estate filled with disturbing secrets. With the help of a rival student, Effy must unravel a decades-old mystery, but there are dark forces, both mortal and magical, conspiring against them, and the truth may bring them both to ruin.
Stephanie Stein at HarperTeen has acquired debut YA novel A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid , a feminist literary thriller and romantic fantasy pitched as The Hazel Wood meets Possession.
When architecture student Effy Sayre wins a contest to design her favorite author's family manor, she finds herself on a remote, crumbling estate filled with disturbing secrets. With the help of a rival student, Effy must unravel a decades-old mystery, but there are dark forces, both mortal and magical, conspiring against them, and the truth may bring them both to ruin.