The Suicide Club

'I'm going to say something a bit WEIRD now, but don't worry because it's important that I tell you this early on. Sometimes a mental image, like a photograph, will EXPLODE in my brain and it's the most horrendous thing you can imagine. For no reason, it just shoots into my head and there it is, unblinking: the Worst Case Scenario.' Craig had tried to kill himself before, and when he took an overdose at the back of Mrs Kenna's classroom Richie thought he'd finally succeeded: it was a real-life Worst Case Scenario. But then the new kid at school, Freddy, steps in and saves Craig's life, and for Richie the lure of this mysterious newcomer is irresistible. Dark, sardonic, dangerous, whilst at the same time vulnerable and romantic, Freddy gives flight to Richie's imagination, introducing him to a way of life he'd never thought possible. But when a night-time prank goes horrifically wrong, Richie begins to question Freddy's motives, and all too soon he finds himself committed to a sinister pact, with inescapably tragic consequences. It's true that Freddy saved a life - but could he take one, too? With great wit and an unflinching eye for the muddle and drama of adolescence, The Suicide Club is a pitch-perfect portrait of teenage disaffection that sets boy against boy, imagination against reason - and, ultimately, life against death.Thomas, Rhys is the author of 'The Suicide Club', published 2009 under ISBN 9780385614726 and ISBN 0385614721.