Phantom Hearts – Talbot Rosie (2024)

Rosie Talbot, bestselling author of Sixteen Souls and Twelve Bones, presents a sapphic graphic novel with a supernatural twist, illustrated by Sarah Maxwell. This is A Good Girl's Guide to Murder meets Heartstopper: a stylishly illustrated queer mystery combining romance, true crime and ghosts. Sixteen-year-old Malia is popular, pretty and smart, but beneath her carefully created facade she struggles with anxiety. When a school bus crashes, killing some of her fellow students, Malia is thrown into an even deeper emotional spiral as she remembers the victims: rebel and dropout Shepherd, volatile track star Russ and brainy Emil. After Malia meets Keezy, the cute daughter of the local mechanic, the two begin questioning the motive behind the crash. As they uncover secrets, Malia starts seeing ghosts wherever she goes. How can she find time to flirt with Keezy while being pursued by restless spirits, and what do her dead classmates not want her to discover? Will Malia ever find the courage to tell Keezy how she feels? A gripping, emotional adventure about love, loss, friendship and a twisty mystery, Phantom Hearts is a queer paranormal story filled with warmth, sharp plotting and Sarah Maxwell's artwork.