Books with author John Ryder Hall

The Queen is dead the Queen lives again, in this chilling tale from master of YA suspense John Hall about the High School Homecoming gone wrong.Westdale High School is going to have a Homecoming Queen contest again. They haven’t had one at the high school in a long time, not since the Homecoming Queen died 25 years ago in that dreadful car accident. Everyone remembers Brenda Sheldon as the most beautiful Homecoming Queen Westdale High had ever seen. Now everyone is excited about Homecoming Queen and is thinking what’s past is gone and forgotten...Or is it?Melissa Brady is thrilled to be a Homecoming Queen contestant, something she has always dreamed of. Finally, she's getting everyone's attention—including that of handsome football star Seth Powell. All of a sudden everything seems perfect for her. Maybe too perfect.One by one, the other Homecoming Queen contestants start having horrible accidents.Deadly accidents...One is horribly burned. Another is attacked by a swarm of killer bees.People are spooked and are beginning to ask, is this Brenda Sheldon's ghost out for revenge? Or is it someone else, someone evil?The truth is even more terrifying than beautiful and brave Melissa Brady could ever imagine...Reviews3.66 average rating all editions, 141 ratings, 9 reviews, added by 348 people, 161 to-reads, 86% of people liked it.—Goodreads 5.0 out of 5 stars (4 reviews)—Amazon ***** 5 stars Scream Queen John Hall wowed me with this terrifying tale of jealousy, greed & murder.—A customerHomecoming Queen is my favourite book. I would give it 10/10 because it’s the best book I’ve ever read. Mystery and suspense seems to wrap you up in an exciting blanket, nonstop! It was one of the few books that actually gave me chills.Titles By John Hall HOMECOMING QUEENKILLER CHRISTMAS SUMMER SHAREAbout The AuthorAs a teenager, John Hall devoured a diet of classic horror movies such as Halloween, Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Some of his more recent favorite horror movies are the Scream and Saw franchises. When he began reading adult horror, his instant favorites were Stephen King, John Saul and Dean Koontz. Most recently he’s a fan of dark suspense authors such as Gillian Flynn, Ruth Ware, Shari Lapena, B.A. Paris, A.J. Finn, Liv Constantine and Lisa Jackson. John Hall’s novels will appeal to fans of Karen McManus, E. Lockhart, Natasha Preston, Lois Duncan, Joan Lowery Nixon, R. L. Stine and Caroline Cooney. John grew up in Brooklyn, with a younger brother and over twenty cousins (yes, it’s true!) but now lives in New York City. Readers can email him at: johnhallauthor@gmail.com

A Page Turning Holiday Mystery from Master of Young-Adult Suspense John HallIt’s nearly Christmas, but 17-year-old Hope Novak just can’t seem to get into the Christmas spirit. Over the summer she broke up with Shane Culver, the hottest guy at Oakmont High and Shane won’t let her go. Everywhere Hope goes, Shane turns up there. He finds a way to catch her by surprise, in a place where she can’t get away. He tells her they were meant to be together, that he loves her, that if he can’t have her…no one will.Hope doesn’t know what do to.Her friends don’t understand why she dumped that guy in the first place. Every girl in the whole school would die to be his girlfriend. He’s handsome, popular, does really well in school and he’s determined. From the day Hope broke up with Shane, he’s been sending her cards, flowers, boxes of chocolate and more. He’s been leaving her messages late at night. Hope's friends think it’s pretty romantic.Hope knows it’s Shane’s romantic dark side. He gets real angry and chases her down if she even talks to another guy. He lied to Hope when they were together and said he didn’t have another girlfriend when she knew he did. Shane has a dark side that won’t “no” for an answer and never listens. Hope is deathly afraid of Shane and what he is capable of if he doesn’t get her back.Then the terror begins. Hope finds a note in her mailbox from someone who says he’s watching her. She sees someone following her in the dark. Someone calls her and says bad girls must be punished, that sometimes bad girls die… A masked figure with an ax chases her through the woods.Now Hope wishes she’d never had anything to do with Shane.All she wants for Christmas is to get through the holiday alive.TITLES BY JOHN HALLEnjoy these in any order: HOMECOMING QUEENKILLER CHRISTMAS SUMMER SHAREABOUT JOHN HALLAs a teenager, John Hall devoured a diet of classic horror movies such as Halloween, Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Some of his more recent favorite horror movies are the Scream and Saw franchises. When he began reading adult horror, his instant favorites were Stephen King, John Saul and Dean Koontz. Most recently he’s a fan of dark suspense authors such as Gillian Flynn, Ruth Ware, Shari Lapena, B.A. Paris, A.J. Finn, Liv Constantine and Lisa Jackson. John Hall’s novels will appeal to fans of Karen McManus, E. Lockhart, Natasha Preston, Lois Duncan, Joan Lowery Nixon, R. L. Stine and Caroline Cooney. John grew up in Brooklyn, with a younger brother and over twenty cousins (yes, it’s true!) but now lives in New York City. Readers can email him at: johnhallauthor@gmail.com

Chill with this gripping story by master of new-adult domestic suspense John Hall about when one of your housemates in your summer share turns out to be a murderer and you’ve got to get off the island alive. Before Emily Benson heads off to college in the fall, she’ll be with six housemates in a summer share house on exclusive Ocean Island. She’s excited about meeting her housemates and making some new friends. She feels lucky and grateful to have such great parents who gave her such a generous gift for her high school graduation.For the first time in her life, 18-year-old Emily Benson will be on her own and she’s looking forward to it. She’s going to party until dawn, sleep until noon, sun bathe on the beach (sunscreen of course), snorkel, water ski and do whatever she wants all summer long. It will be so great not to have any homework or rules. Maybe she’ll even find a nice guy to hang out with…But nothing goes as planned. Emily feels awkward silences when she’s with her housemates, like they’re leaving something unsaid, leaving her out of the conversation, and that gives her the creeps. Emily soon learns she looks just like a girl one of the guy housemates used to date—and that girl died in an accident—which maybe wasn’t an accident.Sick practical jokes start to happen.Someone locks Emily in the freezer.Things get worse.Someone in the house wants Emily dead.One of Emily’s housemates is a murderer.Emily must get out of the house.Emily must get off Ocean Island alive.Now.Titles By John Hall HOMECOMING QUEENKILLER CHRISTMAS SUMMER SHAREAbout The AuthorAs a teenager, John Hall devoured a diet of classic horror movies such as Halloween, Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Some of his more recent favorite horror movies are the Scream and Saw franchises. When he began reading adult horror, his instant favorites were Stephen King, John Saul and Dean Koontz. Most recently he’s a fan of dark suspense authors such as Gillian Flynn, Ruth Ware, Shari Lapena, B.A. Paris, A.J. Finn, Liv Constantine and Lisa Jackson. John Hall’s novels will appeal to fans of Karen McManus, E. Lockhart, Natasha Preston, Lois Duncan, Joan Lowery Nixon, R. L. Stine and Caroline Cooney. John grew up in Brooklyn, with a younger brother and over twenty cousins (yes, it’s true!) but now lives in New York City. Readers can email him at: johnhallauthor@gmail.com.