The House at Midnight

Author(s): Lucie Whitehouse

Crime/Thriller

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.

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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.

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 naive 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

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

General Fields

  • : 9781408890028
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • : 0.267
  • : 01 February 2017
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Lucie Whitehouse
  • : Paperback
  • : New edition
  • : 823.92
  • : 384