The Brierley Hall Confessions

About this book

At the elite, isolated Brierley Hall Academy in the Scottish Highlands, two timelines bleed together through ink and paper. In 1968, Arthur Pendelton, a marginalized scholarship student, discovers a hidden cache of letters and diaries belonging to Julian Thwaite, a student who attended the academy at the dawn of the First World War in 1916. Through an intricate tapestry of journal entries, intercepted telegrams, psychiatric evaluations, and unsent letters, a horrifying parallel emerges. Julian's writings detail his reluctant induction into 'The Vipers,' a sadistic secret society of privileged boys enforcing the school's darkest traditions. As Arthur reads, he realizes that the same society is secretly being resurrected in his own time, targeting his rebellious roommate. Aided by the cynical school archivist Beatrice Gable, who is investigating a historical cover-up, Arthur must overcome his desire to remain invisible. He is forced into a deadly game of cat and mouse to dismantle a legacy of institutional cruelty before the bloody history of 1916 repeats itself in 1968.

Book details

Genres:

Historical Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Dark Academia

Language:

en

Published:

2026-06-16

Content rating:

R