Description
In 1928, Emily Locke’s final year at the isolated Briarley School for Girls is shattered when Violet—the school’s brightest star—falls to her death on her eighteenth birthday. What begins as a search for a human culprit turns uncanny when Violet’s spirit appears, choosing pious Evelyn as her medium and warning that the danger is only escalating. As curdled milk and spoiled food give way to something far more lethal, Emily and her classmates are pulled into spiritualism, secrecy, and a tightening race to understand what—or who—is poisoning Briarley. Blending the lush dread of a classic boarding-school mystery with a sharp focus on teenage repression, queer desire, and the everyday terror of growing up, this debut by Avery Curran delivers a visceral, suspenseful reckoning with identity, complicity, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.
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Published Jan 1, 2026
ISBN: 9780385551595
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First Published
2026
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran.