Author:Helen Grant
A group of story-tellers are disappearing one by one.
A young woman is haunted by her past.
A serial killer has one target he is desperate to hunt down.
Veerle is trying to lie low, to live as 'normal' a life as she possibly can. But when you've thwarted a serial killer, it's hard to do this. Especially when he wants revenge . . .
There were times when I was almost too scared to turn the page . . . Well written and brilliantly paced . . . As it says on the cover: "No one is safe"
—— Parenting Without TearsHelen writes so perfectly, that you just can’t not read. She knows precisely how to play on all your inner fears, and then some
—— BookwitchUrban Legends was an exciting end to the trilogy. There was heart-stopping action, surprises that shocked me . . . plenty of creepy abandoned buildings and plenty of atmosphere
—— Flutteringbutterflies.comGrant's pacing in Urban Legends is impeccable . . . just a perfect end to the series . . . I can’t recommend Urban Legends and its predecessors highly enough
—— A Fantastical LibrarianMake[s] the kind of breathtaking journey I wanted to begin again the moment I'd finished
—— Awfully Big ReviewsThrilling and chilling - but don't read it when home alone.
—— Amanda Craig , New StatesmanA suitably creepy tale of murder and urban exploration
—— Crime ReviewThe build-up of tension is so excellently handled that the desire to know what happens next has to be set against the fear that the revelation of what lies ahead is going to shock us well out of our comfort zone . . . she certainly knows how to play with a reader's nervous system
—— Robert Dunbar , INISIt's as psychologically haunting as the ghost girl's physical haunting . . . Black begins with an ordinary experience of childhood and gives it a wicked twist to reveal the truth at the center of the impulse for storytelling.
—— Shelf Awareness, starred reviewA darn good adventure.
—— Publishers Weekly, starred reviewThis novel is a chilling ghost story, a gripping adventure, and a heartwarming look at the often-painful pull of adulthood.
—— School Library Journal