Enter a world of dark academia...and murder!
Posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Category: Authors Q&As
Rachael Davis-Featherstone introduces her atmospheric YA debut, Oxford Blood, set at Oxford University. Just how far will students go to win a place . . .?
Find out how Rachael's own experience at Oxford inspired her to write this twisty Oxford University dark academia murder mystery about ambition, privilege and deadly secrets.
Read a chapter from Oxford Blood
More about Oxford Blood: Eva has one dream: to study English at Oxford University. Not only will she receive a world-class education - getting into Oxford is a pass to freedom.
But when Eva and her best friend George are invited to Interview Week, they find themselves part of a kill-or-be-killed competition on an anonymous student forum, Oxford Slays. When Eva finds George dead on the steps of a statue in the college, she knows he's been murdered - but all eyes are now on her. Can she clear her name, catch the true killer and win her place at Beecham College? Eva has one week to prove her innocence, and Oxford Slays will be watching.
Want to know more? Here's ReadingZone's indepth Q&A with Rachael!
