Jinx High (Diana Tregarde) - Softcover

Mercedes Lackey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812521145 ISBN 13: 9780812521146

Publisher: Tor Books, 1991

Synopsis

While on a visit with an old friend, Di discovers that a malevolent combination of sex and blood magic is behind relatively normal teenage jealousies and infatuations at Tulsa's Jenks High

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Review

"Lackey injects a shot of terror into every scene."

"A refreshing blend of contemporary fantasy and horror."

Praise for "Jinx High": "An occult fantasy/mystery sure to grab the teenage crowd! The teenage characters, love triangles, and action will hook the reader immediately."--"Booklist
"
"A refreshing blend of contemporary fantasy and horror."--"Science Fiction Chronicle
"
"Quite good fun."--"Interzone"
"Lackey injects a shot of terror into every scene."--"VOYA""" Praise for the Diana Tregarde Investigations:
"Mercedes Lackey's work is as sharp--and as scary--as the suddenly revealed fang of a vampire. She'll keep you up long past your bedtime." --Stephen King "Diana Tregarde is intelligent and resourceful--with a most charming and unusual associate."--C. J. Cherryh on "Children of the Night"
"A very enjoyable thriller with a sense of humor."--"Locus" on "Children of the Night"
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"Diana has a wry, practical sense of humor. Anyone who likes their supernatural yarns laced with intelligence will find this novel more than satisfying."--"Dragon "magazine on "Burning Water"
"I loved "Children of the Night," It's a delight to know that a writer whose work I've loved all along has written something so fresh and original."--Marion Zimmer Bradley

Praise for "Jinx High":  "An occult fantasy/mystery sure to grab the teenage crowd!  The teenage characters, love triangles, and action will hook the reader immediately."--"Booklist 
" 
"A refreshing blend of contemporary fantasy and horror."--"Science Fiction Chronicle
" 
"Quite good fun."--"Interzone"
 
"Lackey injects a shot of terror into every scene."--"VOYA""" Praise for the Diana Tregarde Investigations:
 "Mercedes Lackey's work is as sharp--and as scary--as the suddenly revealed fang of a vampire.  She'll keep you up long past your bedtime." --Stephen King "Diana Tregarde is intelligent and resourceful--with a most charming and unusual associate."--C. J. Cherryh on "Children of the Night"
 
"A very enjoyable thriller with a sense of humor."--"Locus" on "Children of the Night"
" "
"Diana has a wry, practical sense of humor.  Anyone who likes their supernatural yarns laced with

Praise for "Jinx High" "An occult fantasy/mystery sure to grab the teenage crowd! The teenage characters, love triangles, and action will hook the reader immediately."--"Booklist
"
"A refreshing blend of contemporary fantasy and horror."--"Science Fiction Chronicle
"
"Quite good fun."--"Interzone"

"Lackey injects a shot of terror into every scene."--"VOYA""" Praise for the Diana Tregarde Investigations
"Mercedes Lackey's work is as sharp--and as scary--as the suddenly revealed fang of a vampire. She'll keep you up long past your bedtime." --Stephen King "Diana Tregarde is intelligent and resourceful--with a most charming and unusual associate."--C. J. Cherryh on "Children of the Night"

"A very enjoyable thriller with a sense of humor."--"Locus" on "Children of the Night"
" "
"Diana has a wry, practical sense of humor. Anyone who likes their supernatural yarns laced with intelligence will find this novel more than satisfying."--"Dragon "magazine on "Burning Water"

"I loved "Children of the Night". It's a delight to know that a writer whose work I've loved all along has written something so fresh and original."--Marion Zimmer Bradley

"An occult fantasy/mystery sure to grab the teenage crowd! The teenage characters, love triangles, and action will hook the reader immediately."--"Booklist
"
"A refreshing blend of contemporary fantasy and horror."--"Science Fiction Chronicle
"
"Quite good fun."--"Interzone"
"Lackey injects a shot of terror into every scene."--"VOYA"

An occult fantasy/mystery sure to grab the teenage crowd! The teenage characters, love triangles, and action will hook the reader immediately. "Booklist"

A refreshing blend of contemporary fantasy and horror. "Science Fiction Chronicle"

Quite good fun. "Interzone"

Lackey injects a shot of terror into every scene. "VOYA""

An occult fantasy/mystery sure to grab the teenage crowd! The teenage characters, love triangles, and action will hook the reader immediately. Booklist

A refreshing blend of contemporary fantasy and horror. Science Fiction Chronicle

Quite good fun. Interzone

Lackey injects a shot of terror into every scene. VOYA

"

"An occult fantasy/mystery sure to grab the teenage crowd! The teenage characters, love triangles, and action will hook the reader immediately." --Booklist

"A refreshing blend of contemporary fantasy and horror." --Science Fiction Chronicle

"Quite good fun." --Interzone

"Lackey injects a shot of terror into every scene." --VOYA

About the Author

Mercedes Lackey began writing fiction while working for American Airlines. In addition to her many novels, she has written lyrics for and recorded several albums of fiction folk songs, which have been distributed through Firebird Arts & Music. Lackey's longest-running series, beginning with Arrows of the Queen, details the adventures of the Heralds of Valdemar. Lackey's other series include Bardic Voices; the Elementals; the Halfblood Chronicles (first volume: The Elvenbane); Elves on the Road, which includes Tor's Burning Water and its sequels; and the Obsidian Trilogy, also published by Tor, which begins with The Outstretched Shadow.

Lackey often teams up with both her fellow masters of fantasy, such as Andre Norton and Anne McCaffrey, and talented newer writers Rosemary Edghill. Married to artist and sometime co-author Larry Dixon, Lackey, who was born in Chicago, lives near Tulsa, Oklahoma.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0812521145
• ISBN 13: 9780812521146
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 314