The Last House on Needless Street
Catriona Ward
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'I haven't read anything this exciting since Gone Girl' - STEPHEN KING
'One of the most extraordinary thrillers of the year' - DAILY MAIL
'A dark, audacious highwire act of a novel' - GUARDIAN
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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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'Catriona Ward is the new face of literary dark fiction' - SARAH PINBOROUGH
'Books like this don't come around too often' - JOANNE HARRIS
'Believe the hype... a masterclass' - KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE
'A chilling and beautiful masterpiece of suspense. I was completely enthralled' - JOE HILL
'A masterpiece. Beautiful, heartbreaking and quietly uplifting' - ALEX NORTH
Reviews
<b>Breathtakingly brilliant. Dark and relentlessly twisty, the best thing I'
<b>A brilliantly immersive story, with a great cast of characters. So good</b>
<b>Terrific. An utterly mesmerising feat from a powerhouse writer who elevates the British horror genre</b>
<b>This is the most gloriously complex, shifting story, deeply disturbing yet also, somehow, heartwarming ... Ward has created something exceptionally unsettling here, as many-layered and sinister as the Russian doll that sits on Ted'
<b>A masterpiece. </b> <b>Beautiful, heartbreaking and quietly uplifting.</b> <b> One of the most powerful and well-executed novels I'
<b>Brilliant... A terrifying exploration of human consciousness that excavates character like an ice pick chipping through an ancient glacier: The deeper one goes, the chillier it gets... A novel of existential dread that explores the nature of humanity, our connection to God and the universe, and the monstrosity of that connection</b>
<b> Unusual, sad and ultimately redemptive, it'
<b>There's a well deserved buzz surrounding this novel, it's a bold, clever piece of storytelling. There's a dexterity and sleight of hand to Ward'
<b>This book is tender rather than terrifying. Playful and sweet as well as sinister and thrilling, the creeping dread is tempered beautifully with humour and it ends being extremely emotionally impactful</b>
<p><b>A chilling masterpiece in suspense... This unsettling yet deeply moving novel is a modern classic, and a major contender for book of the year</b></p>
<b>This book was like an onion. Layer after layer after layer and then you're crying and somebody'
<b>One of the most original and exciting books I'
<b>Wonderful, long-awaited, Stephen King seal of approval-bearing, and impossible to review without spoilers </b>
<b>I wanted to savour every single brilliant sentence. Exquisitely and chillingly written - at points it literally made all the hairs on my arms stand up. What a read</b>
<b>This psychological thriller about a recluse and a missing girl has been praised by Stephen King and compared to Shirley Jackson. Unmissable</b>
<b>A haunting novel, beautifully conceived and written, that will have you in pieces from the beginning to the surprising and audacious end</b>
<b>What an incredible read: complex and clever, dark but not without vital rays of hope. Beautifully written. Gothic thrills at their finest</b>
<b>Blends a multitude of forms, including crime, gothic horror and magical realism. An engrossing, idiosyncratic and unsettling piece of work</b>
<b>This book won't just stay with you, it'
<b>The buzz building around Catriona Ward's <i>The Last House on Needless Street </i>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. Haven'
<b>Dark and creepy, sad and wonderfully strange. It kept me glued and guessing right up to the end. I loved every inch of it</b>
<b>This immersive modern gothic reads like a timeless classic as it lures you hook and sinker into its world</b>
<b>Incredible. Absolutely creep-inducing, skin-crawling, even agonising; and also so beautiful, both in writing and heart. One of my favourite things in ages</b>
<b>I finished <i>The Last House on Needless Street</i> in twenty-four hours and emerged out of it in some sort of a dreamlike fug. It'
<b>I read this book with one eye closed, I was so scared of what would happen next. And I loved it for that</b>
<b>A breathtakingly ambitious book, gorgeously written, and never once shies away from showing you its fangs and its beautiful blood-filled heart. Stop reading this blurb already and open the damn book</b>
<b>I didn't think it was possible but <i>The Last House on Needless Street </i>is even greater than the hype suggests. Clever, devastating, beautiful, terrifying, poignant, how often can you say that about one book? There'
<b>A splendidly sinister sojourn that slapped me with an ending i didn'
<b>I absolutely loved it. Genuinely disturbing - a relentless creeping dread of madness and murder that begins on the first page and keeps building to the last gasp</b>
<b>Absolutely brilliant. This is extraordinary, high-wire-act horror, audacious as hell</b>
<b>Gripping</b>
<b>How can a book be utterly terrifying and filled with kindness at the same time? Just brilliant. What a book</b>
<b>THIS IS THE BEST HORROR NOVEL I HAVE EVER READ. Even Shirley Jackson, her Majesty, would have to concede to this one</b>
<p><b>The most extraordinary book. It'
<b>A chilling and beautiful masterpiece of suspense, cunningly plotted and written with the elegant imagination of a Shirley Jackson or a Sarah Waters. I was completely enthralled</b>
<b>An extraordinary, disturbing, original and powerful book. A bloody marvel</b>
<b>My mind is blown. What a brilliant, breathtaking, heart-breaking book</b>
<b>As mad as a snake but all the better for it. A story that slinks deeply into uncomfortable places in the tradition of Fowles'
<b>Full of twists and turns, this high-concept gothic horror is going to be huge</b>
<b>A beautifully written masterclass in suspense</b>
<b>I've read nothing like <i>The Last House on Needless Street</i>, and I don't think I'
<p><b>Unsettling yet deeply moving, this chilling masterclass in suspense enthrals</b></p>
<b>A taut, dark, twisting exploration of the human condition. At once gripping and heartbreaking</b>
<b>This is Stephen King country, and Catriona Ward's novel is at the horror end of the thriller scale. But this is not horror as you know it... for all the deliberate echoes of <i>Psycho</i> and <i>The Shining</i>, Ward's ambition is closer to William Faulkner'
<b>A sleek thriller, a horror tale in the dark-blooded vein of Shirley Jackson, and a story of a makeshift family that cracks like ice</b>, <b>like a broken heart</b>, <b>when you look closely. I can'
<b>I thought <i>The Last House on Needless Street</i> would be good but I didn't know it would be THAT good. It'
<b>This page-turner is an absolutely gripping tale</b>
<b>Astonishing - terrifying, tragic, mind-bending, heart-breaking and bleakly beautiful. Everything about it shines</b>
<b>Books like this don'
<b>One of the most extraordinary thrillers of the year so far... Splendidly sinister and twisty, it comes to a magnificent Grand Guignol finale</b>
<b>Jaw-droppingly original, deeply disturbing and one hundred percent heartbreaking. Psychological horror at its very best</b>
<b>I was glued to my sofa until I finished it. Such a clever book with two things I appreciate - horror and compassion</b>
<b>I read this in 1.5 nail-biting days. Full of twists and turns, sorrow and humanity. It blew my socks off</b>
<b>If you like your thrillers full of twists and tinged with the Gothic then you're going to love <i>The Last House On Needless Street.</i> Expect the unexpected and also don't expect to take a breath until you'
<b>Believe the hype. <i>The Last House On Needless Street </i>is not only a masterclass in horror, but in storytelling full stop. Up there with the best I've ever read. The most unsettling, beautiful, sad and wise book, it'll stay with me a long time. I'
<b>The creepiest, saddest-but-funniest, most mesmerising book I'
<b>Not only edge of the seat, terrifying suspenseful horror, but it also broke my heart into tiny pieces. Such exquisite writing</b>
<b>The new face of literary dark fiction</b>
<b>Weird, glittering, inventive, and shot through with needles of warped, brilliant light, this book slipped under my skin from the first page</b>
<b>The kind of story that novels were made for. A thrilling yet tender vortex of a book that you'
<b>Incredible. Just incredible. Throughout, I didn'
<b>Wow. What a journey this book takes you on. A unique, cleverly plotted and compelling read that left me lost for words. Dark, disturbing, devastating. You'
<b>I absolutely LOVED this book and want everyone to read it</b>
<b>Both harrowing and compelling. As soon as I finished it I wanted to read it all over again. An absolute masterpiece</b>
<b>A superior British horror tale</b>
<b>The book sits in that twilight margin between psychological thriller and Gothic horror, with Ward, twice the recipient of the August Derleth Award, beautifully wrongfooting the reader every step of the way</b>
<b>What did I just read?! One perfect sentence after the other... this is a story I wish I knew how to write - and I'
<b>Exceptional. Uplifting, terrifying, beautiful, and mesmerisingly dark</b>
<b>Brilliant. This is a book everyone is going to be talking about. Dark, clever and utterly page-turning</b>
<b>A must-read for those who like the kind of labyrinthine narratives that pull the rug out from under you, sending you tumbling into a dark, dark room</b>
customer reviews
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