Down Red Creek by Rachael Llewellyn

Description

Fiona Taylor enjoys staying out late with her friends. She hates her mother. She’s bored by her high school, and tired of her day-to-day life. A typical teenager, perhaps.  Except, in some ways, Fiona is not typical. Her mother has forbidden her to enter the basement. A man jogs past their house every day trying hard not to look like a cop. And her mother’s cello case seems to get heavier every time she brings it home. Oh, yes: there’s also a killer in the history books called the Red Creek killer, caught years ago—but is about to become part of Fiona’s life.

Rachael Llewellyn is an English writer living in Wales, where she is about to begin a PhD exploring memory and folklore in the novel. Her work aims to challenge its readers in its uncomfortable social and moral themes. Down Red Creek is her debut novel.