ARE YOU READY TO ENTER THE HALF BURNT HOUSE? . . .The spine-tingling new thriller from the internationally bestselling author of Richard & Judy pick THE WHISPER MAN''The Half Burnt House is Alex North at his best - a writer who can terrify you on one page and break your heart on the next'' STEVE CAVANAGH''One of those books that made me wish I''d written itNorth wields suspense like a blade. Breath-taking and terrifying'' HELEN FIELDS''Dark, gripping, and twisty'' CLARIE MCGOWAN''Endlessly intriguing'' NEW YORK TIMES____________Katie Shaw always looked after her younger brother Chris - until she left him alone one carefree afternoon and he was savagely attackedHe hasn''t spoken to her since.Now a mother, Katie vows not to repeat her mistakes. Carelessness cost her one family, and she won''t let it destroy another.Then she receives a call from the police.They''re investigating a particularly brutal murder, in a half-ruined house that once belonged to a notorious local serial killerThe c