The House at Midnight
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:9th Mar '17
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From the beginning, the house changed everything…
An atmospheric, menacing tale of secrets and suspense, set in a seemingly idyllic Cotswolds manor house.
A sexy, chilling, utterly compelling novel reminiscent of The Great Gatsby and Rebecca, by a major new British talent
An atmospheric, menacing tale of secrets and suspense, set in a seemingly idyllic Cotswolds manor house
'Deliciously sinister' Daily Mail
'Murder and mayhem will keep you turning the pages long past midnight. If you liked The Secret History, you’ll love this' Harper's Bazaar
'Gripping and tense, with an atmosphere which holds you in thrall' Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black
From the beginning, the house changed everything…
Lucas. Joanna. Martha. Michael. Danny. Rachel.
Best friends since college, they are brought together at beautiful Stoneborough Manor when Lucas inherits it following the suicide of his beloved uncle.
But over the course of a hot, decadent summer, what begins as an idyllic retreat from the pressures of adult life is transformed into a place where secrets are revealed, sexual tensions escalate and friendships and sanity unravel – beyond repair.
Deliciously sinister * Daily Mail *
Murder and mayhem will keep you turning the pages long past midnight. If you liked The Secret History, you’ll love this * Harper’s Bazaar *
Deeply spooky, compulsively readable * Time Out *
Scary, sexy, sultry and shimmering * Daily Mirror *
Gripping and tense, with an atmosphere which holds you in thrall * Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black *
Atmospheric and compelling – impressive * Joanna Briscoe *
A stunning piece of modern Gothic * John Connolly *
Resounds with echoes of Daphne du Maurier… Like Rebecca, at the heart of this story is a house and a young naïve narrator… Suggestions of the horrors that lie in wait are scattered through the book like a trail of breadcrumbs, leading you even deeper into the dark forest of Whitehouse’s creation, at the heart of which lies deceit, cowardice and murder * Sunday Telegraph *
ISBN: 9781408890028
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 266g
384 pages