'The Last House on Needless Street' by Catriona Ward is a dark and atmospheric psychological thriller that follows the lives of Ted, a lonely man living in a boarded-up house with his cat Olivia and troubled daughter Lauren. The story intertwines with Dee, a woman obsessed with finding her missing sister's abductor. As the plot unfolds through multiple narrators, including the cat Olivia, readers are taken on a suspenseful journey filled with unexpected twists and revelations. The writing style is gripping, immersive, and described as having layers like an onion, keeping readers engaged until the very end.
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Content warnings include child abuse, animal cruelty, mental illness, and themes surrounding grief and trauma.
From The Publisher:
"The buzz...is real. I've read it and was blown away. It's a true nerve-shredder that keeps its mind-blowing secrets to the very end." -Stephen King
Catriona Ward's The Last House on Needless Street is a shocking and immersive read perfect for fans of Gone Girl and The Haunting of Hill House.
"The new face of literary dark fiction." -Sarah Pinborough, New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes
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In a boarded-up house on a dead-end street at the edge of the wild Washington woods lives a family of three.
A teenage girl who isn't allowed outside, not after last time.
A man who drinks alone in front of his TV, trying to ignore the gaps in his memory.
And a house cat who loves napping and reading the Bible.
An 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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Sad and unnerving.
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About the Author:
CATRIONA WARD was born in Washington, DC and grew up in the United States, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco. She studied English at Oxford and later the Creative Writing Masters at the University of East Anglia. Her second novel Little Eve won the 2019 Shirley Jackson Award and the August Derleth Prize at the British Fantasy Awards. Her debut The Girl from Rawblood also won the 2016 August Derleth Prize, making her the first and only woman to win the prize twice. Her short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies. She divides her time between London and the remote English moors.
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