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Description
One stifling night in a bar in Soho, Kate meets Richard - powerful, sensual Richard. Going home with him that night is reckless and exhilarating, their connection electric. Now, eighteen months later, Kate is fleeing London for an old coastguard's cottage on the Isle of Wight, determined to forget Richard for ever. In winter, however, the island is locked down, wary of outsiders, and there is little to distract her from her memories. Within days, a local woman, Alice Frewin, goes missing from her boat, and though no body is found there are whispers of suicide. Kate is quickly drawn into Alice's world but all the time Richard - powerful, unstable Richard - looms larger and larger over her own...A tense and atmospheric tale of jealousy, obsession and betrayal, "The Bed I Made" establishes Lucie Whitehouse as a master of her genre.
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Review
PRAISE FOR THE HOUSE AT MIDNIGHT 'I finished reading The House at Midnight (much too) late last night. For the last quarter I could hardly read fast enough and my heart was beating madly. She is such a good writer. It's an exciting, romantic, gripping story of secrets and suspense - at once modern and classic in its form and content' Lesley Glaister 'The House at Midnight is a stunning piece of modern gothic. Gripping, accomplished and, ultimately, mesmerising, it represents the arrival of a major literary talent' John Connolly 'Psychological suspense as elegant as a Swiss watch but as powerful as a locomotive ... subtle, intelligent, accessible, and highly recommended' Lee Child 'Gripping and tense with an atmosphere which holds you in thrall' Susan Hill
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