The House at Midnight: A Novel - Hardcover

Whitehouse, Lucie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 034549931X ISBN 13: 9780345499318

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2008

Synopsis

Following his uncle's suicide, Lucas Heathfield inherits Stoneborough Manor in Oxfordshire, which he and his best friend Joanna plan to use as a gathering place for their circle of close friends, but the house begins to have a strange effect on everyone who stays there, revealing dark secrets of the past, destroying friendships, and changing lives forever. A first novel. 35,000 first printing.

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Review:

'Atmospheric and compelling - an impressive debut' Joanna Briscoe 'Lucie Whitehouse's debut novel is about friends from Oxford who meet regularly for weekends at a large country house. Not unexpectedly, those who have read the novel are drawing comparisons with 'The Big Chill' and 'The Secret History'.' The Bookseller 'Literary agent Lucie Whitehouse's own writing made headlines this week as her debut novel was snapped up by Bloomsbury. 'The House at Midnight' is a psychological novel about a group of graduates from Oxford University which combines the camaraderie of Richard Curtis with the underlying menace of Donna Tartt.' Guardian 'Gripping and tense with an atmosphere which holds you in thrall' Susan Hill

Book Description:

From the beginning, the house changed everything.

An atmospheric, menacing tale of secrets and suspense, set in a seemingly idyllic Cotswolds manor house.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 034549931X
• ISBN 13: 9780345499318
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320