And she’s never forgiven herself for not doing more to have protected her sister. You just read it! So what do I have to say about a book where the cat reads, the narrator keeps shifting and there’s really more mystery and intrigue than my puny brain can process all at once? Yes, blown away is a good descriptor.ĭee’s sister Lulu was kidnapped from a local beach 11 years ago. But when Stephen King says, “I’ve read it and I was blown away,” you don’t question it. The Last House on Needless Street surprised me. “Full of twists and turns, this high-concept gothic horror is going to be huge.” - Guardian My Review:
“The new face of literary dark fiction.” -Sarah Pinborough, New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes Recommended for anyone interested in horror with well-realized characters and a claustrophobic, intense setting.” - Booklist “Ward ably handles the series of nested revelations of the truth about the house’s inhabitants and how they connect to Ted’s own childhood, all the while maintaining a propulsive, suspenseful tone.
“This masterful horror novel packs an emotional wallop that lingers.” - Publishers Weekly, starred review One of the most powerful and well-executed novels I’ve read in years.” -Alex North, author of The Whisper Man Beautiful, heartbreaking and quietly uplifting. Stop reading this blurb already and open the damn book.” -Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts “A breathtakingly ambitious book, gorgeously written, and never once shies away from showing you its fangs and its beautiful blood-filled heart. I was completely enthralled.” -Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman “A chilling and beautiful masterpiece of suspense, cunningly plotted and written with the elegant imagination of a Shirley Jackson or a Sarah Waters. Finn, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of The Woman in the Window “Sensational….I can’t recall another novel in recent years that dares so much and succeeds so wildly.” -A. Haven’t read anything this exciting since Gone Girl.” -Stephen King It’s a true nerve-shredder that keeps its mind-blowing secrets to the very end.
“The buzz building around Catriona Ward’s The Last House on Needless Street is real. Advanced Praise for The Last House on Needless S treet: In a boarded-up house on a dead-end street at the edge of the wild Washington woods lives a family of three.Ī teenage girl who isn’t allowed outside, not after last time.Ī man who drinks alone in front of his TV, trying to ignore the gaps in his memory.Īnd a house cat who loves napping and reading the Bible.Īn unspeakable secret binds them together, but when a new neighbor moves in next door, what is buried out among the birch trees may come back to haunt them all.
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