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The Last House on Needless Street

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The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward is a chilling and intricately crafted psychological thriller. The story follows Ted, an eccentric and reclusive man living in a crumbling house at the edge of a forest, where eerie events unfold surrounding the disappearance of a little girl. As secrets unravel, the narrative weaves through the perspectives of various characters, each with their own pieces of the puzzle, building towards a gripping revelation.
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If you enjoy mind-bending psychological thrillers with unexpected twists and complex characters, this gripping tale will captivate you. It weaves a chilling and intricate narrative that explores themes of memory, identity, and redemption, keeping you guessing until the very end.

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The Last House on Needless Street

Immersive, gripping, and delivering twist after twist. It's so good you'll read it twice...

Immersive, gripping, and delivering twist after twist: this Richard & Judy Book Club Pick is the must-read gothic thriller of 2021. It's so good you'll read it twice...

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The Times Thriller of the Month
Observer Thriller of the Month
Guardian '2021 In Books' pick

'The buzz is real... I haven't read anything this exciting since Gone Girl' - STEPHEN KING

'A dark, audacious highwire act of a novel' - Guardian

This is the story of a murderer. A stolen child. Revenge. This is the story of Ted, who lives with his young daughter Lauren and his cat Olivia in an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street.

All these things are true. And yet some of them are lies. An unspeakable secret binds the family together, and when a new neighbour moves in next door, the truth may destroy them all. Because there's something buried in the dark forest at the end of Needless Street. But it's not what you think...

From the multiple award-winning author of Little Eve and Rawblood, this extraordinary tale will thrill and move readers. A work of incredible imagination and heartbreaking beauty.

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Reviews describe The Last House on Needless Street as an extraordinary thriller with gothic horror elements. It's praised for its sinister and twisty narrative, culminating in a striking finale. Compared to works like Psycho and The Shining, yet ambitious like Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, the book offers horror with integrity. It's celebrated for its complex, layered storytelling that keeps readers enthralled until the very end.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781788166188

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 September 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Viper

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 351g

Pages: 400

About the Author

Catriona Ward was born in Washington, DC and grew up in the US, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco. She is the author of Rawblood and Little Eve, and has won the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel twice, and the Shirley Jackson Award. Her latest book, The Last House on Needless Street, was a BBC2 Between the Covers book club pick and a Times bestseller, as well as a #1 Kindle bestseller and a Times and Observer Thriller of the Month. Translation rights have been sold in 20 territories, and the film rights have been optioned by Imaginarium Productions. Ward lives in London and Devon.

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