<b>Deliciously </b>sinister

Daily Mail

Murder and mayhem will keep you turning the pages long past midnight. <b>If you liked <i>The Secret History</i>, you’ll love this</b>

Harper’s Bazaar

Deeply <b>spooky</b>, compulsively <b>readable</b>

Time Out

Se alle

Scary, sexy, sultry and <b>shimmering</b>

Daily Mirror

<b>Gripping </b>and tense, with an atmosphere which <b>holds you in thrall</b>

Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black

Atmospheric and compelling – <b>impressive</b>

Joanna Briscoe

A <b>stunning </b>piece of modern Gothic

John Connolly

Resounds with <b>echoes of Daphne du Maurier</b>… Like <i>Rebecca</i>, 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 <b>dark forest of Whitehouse’s creation</b>, at the heart of which lies <b>deceit, cowardice and murder</b>

Sunday Telegraph

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.
Les mer
A sexy, chilling, utterly compelling novel reminiscent of The Great Gatsby and Rebecca, by a major new British talent
From the beginning, the house changed everything… An atmospheric, menacing tale of secrets and suspense, set in a seemingly idyllic Cotswolds manor house.
A stunning reissue of Lucie Whitehouse’s debut novel for a whole new readership

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781408890028
Publisert
2017-03-09
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Vekt
266 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
384

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Om bidragsyterne

Lucie Whitehouse was born in Gloucestershire in 1975, read Classics at Oxford University and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. The House at Midnight is her first novel. She subsequently authored the TV Book Club pick The Bed I Made, Before We Met, which was a Richard & Judy Summer Book Club pick and an ITV3 Crime Thriller selection, and Keep You Close which was published by Bloomsbury in 2016 to great acclaim. @LWhitehouse5