The Party

Detective and mystery storiesHorror talesHigh school studentsFictionChildren's fiction

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About this book

Several high school students, transferred to a new school when their old one closes, invite classmates, new and old, to a party. One of the girls is found dead. Was it suicide or murder?

Themes & subjects

Detective and mystery storiesHorror talesHigh school studentsFictionChildren's fictionFriendship

About the author

Christopher Pike

12 November 1954

Christopher Pike pseudonym of American author Kevin Christopher McFadden. McFadden began writing mystery and science fiction novels after leaving college, but he was unable to publish them. When an editor at Avon Books suggested that he write a teen thriller, he wrote *Slumber Party*, which was published in 1985 and went on to a bestseller. In addition to dozens of teen thrillers, he has written books for children and for adult audiences.