The House of Ashes
Sep 2021 · Soho Press
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For fans of Gillian Flynn and Tana French, a chilling story of a Northern Irish murder sixty years buried
Sara Keane’s husband, Damien, has uprooted them from England and moved them to his native Northern Ireland for a “fresh start” in the wake of her nervous breakdown. Sara, who knows no one in Northern Ireland, is jobless, carless, friendless—all but a prisoner in her own house. When a blood-soaked old woman beats on the door, insisting the house is hers before being bundled back to her care facility, Sara begins to understand the house has a terrible history her husband never intended for her to discover. As the two women form a bond over their shared traumas, Sara finds the strength to stand up to her abuser, and Mary—silent for six decades—is finally ready to tell her story . . .
Through the counterpoint voices—one modern Englishwoman, one Northern Irish farmgirl speaking from half a century earlier—Stuart Neville offers a chilling and gorgeous portrait of violence and resilience in this truly haunting narrative.
Sara Keane’s husband, Damien, has uprooted them from England and moved them to his native Northern Ireland for a “fresh start” in the wake of her nervous breakdown. Sara, who knows no one in Northern Ireland, is jobless, carless, friendless—all but a prisoner in her own house. When a blood-soaked old woman beats on the door, insisting the house is hers before being bundled back to her care facility, Sara begins to understand the house has a terrible history her husband never intended for her to discover. As the two women form a bond over their shared traumas, Sara finds the strength to stand up to her abuser, and Mary—silent for six decades—is finally ready to tell her story . . .
Through the counterpoint voices—one modern Englishwoman, one Northern Irish farmgirl speaking from half a century earlier—Stuart Neville offers a chilling and gorgeous portrait of violence and resilience in this truly haunting narrative.
For fans of Gillian Flynn and Tana French, a chilling story of a Northern Irish murder sixty years buried
Sara Keane’s husband, Damien, has uprooted them from England and moved them to his native Northern Ireland for a “fresh start” in the wake of her nervous breakdown. Sara, who knows no one i...
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Stuart Neville is the author of thirteen novels and a short story collection that blend crime fiction with the supernatural. His debut, The Ghosts of Belfast, won the LA Times Book Prize, and he has been shortlisted for the MWA Edgar, CWA Dagger, Theakstons Old Peculier Novel of the Year, Barry, Macavity, and Dilys Awards, as well as the Irish Book Awards Crime Novel of the Year. Blood Like Theirs is the final book in Stuart's acclaimed horror trilogy that began with Blood Like Mine. Stuart is a founding member of the author supergroup The Fun Lovin' Crime Writers, and his wife thinks he has too many guitars. He lives near Belfast.
Stuart Neville is the author of thirteen novels and a short story collection that blend crime fiction with the supernatural. His debut, The Ghosts of Belfast, won the LA Times Book Prize, and he has been shortlisted for the MWA Edgar, CWA Dagger, Theakstons Old Peculier Novel of the Year, Barry, ...
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