MEET Dru Anderson – the new girl in school. What her classmates don t know is that when Dru s not in class, she s helping her dad track down vampires, werewolves, zombies and other deadly things most people don t believe in. Yes, she s a Buffy the Vampire

MEET Dru Anderson - the new girl in school. What her classmates don't know is that when Dru's not in class, she's helping her dad track down vampires, werewolves, zombies and other deadly things most people don't believe in.

Yes, she's a Buffy the Vampire Slayer clone.

Dru can sense evil, which helps her dad on his missions, and she's practised in all sorts of weaponry. It's a dangerous life, but it's the only one she knows.

But now, recently moved from sweltering Florida to the icy Dakotas, her time is fast running out.

When her dad's turned into a zombie, she must kill him to stay alive. Now she's all alone and there seem to be more other-wordly killers on her trail.

Strange Angels (�6.99, Quercus) is the first book in a thrilling series by Lili St Crow aimed at teenagers.

Told in the first person, this is story-telling at breakneck speed, full of bizarre monsters. There are no new ideas here, but it's entertaining enough for those who like this genre.

Can Dru survive long enough to find who her friends really are, and who turned her dad into a zombie?

If you like the comfort of knowing, at the beginning, that your heroine is going to make it out alive, then fear not. Obviously, as this is the first in a series, we know Dru's not going to come to a gruesome end.

- LINDSAY JONES