Straw Men

by Ann Evans

Dark Reads have short chapters and very low word counts of roughly 600 each. These short, gripping stories are punctuated on every other page with bold, two-tone illustrations, which have a graphic novel feel to grab the interest of teenagers. Dark Reads are designed to appeal to readers with a very low reading age of 6 to 7, but a high interest age of 12 to 15. Liam woke. Someone was by his bed. He opened one eye... "Woah!" It looked like Aunty Joan who he was staying with. But it wasn't. It was a stiff, straw Aunty Joan.

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 13, 2015

About the author

I write in a range of genres: children's, YA, reluctant teen readers, romance under the name Ann Carroll and crime. My first crime novel, Kill or Die was published in 2017 by Bloodhound Books. My 2nd, co-authored with Robert Tysall came out in 2018, a supernatural thriller, The Bitter End. My most recent romance is Stowaway Bride By Ann Carroll. Altogether I have more than 40 books to my name, traditionally published.

My website: http://www.annevansbooks.co.uk
Book website: www.thebitterend.org.uk
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Blog: http://annsawriter.blogspot.co.uk/