Top YA novelist, Mal Peet's superb The Murdstone Trilogy is a novel about a novelist writing a novel, and it's a clever, laugh-out-loud and thrilling book that will be enjoyed by teens and adults ...

When David's father dies, his mother remarries. His new stepfather Murdstone has a mean and cruel view on how to raise a child. When David's mother dies from grief, Murdstone sends David to London ...