Blood and Sand

This is the gruesome second volume of the Midnight Library collection, compiled from the darkest, most dusty shelves of Nick Shadow’s bookroom…In this instalment, the first story takes us to the beach, where a seemingly innocent sand-castle competition takes a turn for the dark side…Then we hear the tale of the evil babysitter – and meet Ben, whose parents don’t seem to realise that their pet parrot has been possessed by a demon, bent on revenge…