A Stitch in Time

A magical tale of mystery and self-discovery, set in the 90s in an old missionary school in Penang, where ghosts of the past intertwine with the present.  

Clare is alone in her school’s tunnel walkway when a famous teenage stage actor strides into sight – and promptly disappears! Caught in an avalanche of supernatural incidents, she soon discovers that the actor, Gavin Lai, has become invisible – and she is the only one who is able to see him. Despite her reluctance and distaste for the handsome but self-absorbed actor, Clare teams up with him to get to the bottom of this strange predicament. In Gavin’s absence, his rival has taken over his breakout role on stage. Does he have anything to do with Gavin’s disappearance? Or is there something supernatural about this former missionary school, with its hauntingly old colonial structures and its sinisterly omniscient clock tower?  The investigation now takes center stage as Clare slowly breaks out of her shell, while Gavin’s past catches up with him. Has he been cursed into this nightmare because of what he has done?

Lee Su Ann started weaving stories since she was in high school, where she could usually be found scribbling in the shade of a tree under the watchful eyes of her school’ s majestic clock tower. The clock tower of St George’ s Girls’ School in Penang later became the inspiration and setting for her second novel, A Stitch in Time. She published her first short story when she was sixteen. After graduating with a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences and a Diploma in Comprehensive Writing, she has been a test-tube baby scientist, a medical writer, and an amateur actress and scriptwriter.