The House at Midnight, by Lucie Whitehouse

By Eithne Farry  on Tuesday 4 December 2007

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An eery country-house location sparks a downward spiral of chaos

A group of university cohorts arrives at Stoneborough Manor, the spooky country pile left to their friend Lucas after the suicide of his uncle. And after the house has left its malevolent mark with a clutch of unravelled relationships, sexual tensions, deadly feuds and disturbing familial revelations, the bunch wish they'd stayed away. Reminiscent of Donna Tartt's brooding The Secret History, this is an eerily atmospheric debut.

****

The House at Midnight by Lucie Whitehouse (£12.99, Bloomsbury) is out now

Review by Eithne Farry

Release date: Tuesday 4 December 2007

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