The House of Ashes

Stuart Neville

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30 November 2021

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'Chilling, compassionate and compelling, Stuart Neville takes us straight to the dark heart of rural Ireland' - Val McDermid

A house built on secrets An old woman haunted by her past A young woman fighting for her life

For Sara Keane, it was supposed to be a second chance. A new country. A new house. A new beginning.

Then came the knock on the door.

Elderly Mary Jackson can't understand why Sara and her husband are living in her home. She remembers the fire. She remembers the house burning down. But she also remembers the children. The children who need her. The children she must protect.

'The children will find you,' she tells Sara, because Mary knows she needs help too. As Sara becomes obsessed with what happened in that house nearly sixty years ago, and the family wiped out in one bloody night, she begins to see things. Things that can't be real.

In a story that spans six decades, the truth will not stay buried, and the ghosts of the past can never remain in the shadows . . .

'Stuart Neville writes crime fiction that is edgy, compelling and always deeply humane. This might well be his masterpiece' - Mark Billingham

By: Stuart Neville
Imprint: ZAFFRE
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 407g
ISBN: 9781838775322
ISBN 10: 1838775323
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 30 November 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print

Stuart Neville's debut novel, The Twelve (published in the US as The Ghosts of Belfast), won the Mystery/Thriller category of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was picked as one of the top crime novels of 2009 by both the New York Times and the LA Times. He has been shortlisted for various awards, including the MWA Edgar, CWA Dagger, Theakstons Old Peculier Novel of the Year, Barry, Macavity, Dilys awards, as well as the Irish Book Awards Crime Novel of the Year. He has since published nine more critically acclaimed books, two of which were under the pen name Haylen Beck, as well as a short story collection, The Traveller and Other Stories. Stuart's novels have been translated into various languages, including German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Swedish, Greek and more. The French edition of The Twelve won Le Prix Mystere de la Critique du Meilleur Roman Etranger and Grand Prix du Roman Noir Etranger.

Reviews for The House of Ashes

'Stuart Neville writes crime fiction that is edgy, compelling and always deeply humane. This might well be his masterpiece' - Mark Billingham 'Chilling, compassionate and compelling, Stuart Neville takes us straight to the dark heart of rural Ireland' - Val McDermid