'A cracking plot.... a thrilling unexpected twist' Sunday Telegraph

Life's a game - and someone's cheating....

Meredith is a new girl at school. An orphan, living with her elderly granny. She must be lonely - or so Carly thinks, trying to be nice.

But sometimes nice doesn't work. Sometimes people are worse than you could ever imagine. And Meredith has a secret - a story Carly can hardly begin to believe. About a girl with no future and someone else's past. A vicious old lady who refuses to die. A young life stolen. For Meredith is not Meredith at all....

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

This book was published 2010 by Pan Macmillan .

Alex Shearer is also the author of 'The Hunted' (Hodder Literature title), 'The Lost', 'Bootleg' and 'The Speed of the Dark'.