Room 13 Edgar Wallace

Room 13 is a children's novel written by the acclaimed award winning children's author Robert Swindells. Published in 1989, it is based from a real school trip and awarded the Children's Book Award, the novel centres around a group of friends, on a school trip, who stay in a creepy guest house on Whitby's West Cliff. The novel takes advantage of Whitby's sinister and Gothic ties and weaves a story of suspense that has earned its place as a firm favourite of children wanting the thrill of a little horror and suspense. Once again Whitby finds itself inextricably connected to a vampirish encounter.