Golly, gosh and goodness me! What under the canopy is going on at St M's? Well - it's about 18 months since I read this book and my head still reels a bit (in a good way) when I think about it, so I find it hard to describe.

Suffice to say, there are some very odd things happening at the eponymous school and, after - for me - a rather slow and seemingly predictable (ha!) start to the book, I could barely put it down.

As a girls' school story fan, I'd seen a lot of recommendations for E M Channon's works and warmly agree that she wrote some notable contributions to the genre. If you haven't met her writing, do check her out. ( )