Osbert the Avenger by Christopher William Hill

Osbert the Avenger
by Christopher William Hill

Osbert is very intelligent, so intelligent he passes an exam to get into the top school for intelligent children! However, inside the school, the children are physically and mentally abused, and in no way are loved or even liked. When Osbert does not get the prize he deserves and is expelled from the school, Osbert vows to get his revenge. One by one, the teachers in the school come to a grisly end, and the local police are out in force to track down the Schwartzgarten Slayer. Is Osbert in over his head?

Very grisly, very long, very Snicket-esque, and packing in more of a storyline than should possibly be there, this book is quite enjoyable, but even more so if it was half as long! This is the first of the Tales from Schwartzgarten series.