The House on Rye Lane

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Sublime, elegant and exciting. The House on Rye Lane is beautifully written and entirely gripping. Im a big fan of Susan Allott CHRIS WHITAKER

The lovechild of Sarah Waters The Paying Guests and Lisa Jewells The Family Upstairs confirms Susan Allott as a huge talent ERIN KELLY
They thought theyd found their dream home. They were wrong.

2008. The house Maxine and Seb have just bought was a bargain a huge Georgian townhouse on the edge of Peckham Rye, it needs a lot of work but Max couldnt resist it. Now they are in, though, nothing seems to be going right and as the problems mount up, Max starts to doubt her relationship as well as her decision. Is Seb all he seems to be And why are the neighbours so evasive about the houses previous owner

1994. Cookie and his parents have been forced by his dads gambling debts to move into the attic room of a big old house, as lodgers. Tensions run high between them and their elderly landlady, and theres something odd about the place that Cookie cant quite put his finger on

1843. Horatio built this house for his beloved wife, who then died in mysterious circumstances. After a second death on the premises, both his servants and the locals are starting to talk. Horatios grief is tinged with shame and guilt. What is he hiding And will the house ever be free of his legacy

THE HOUSE ON RYE LANE is a tense, taut, beautifully crafted novel about the treachery of secrets and the many ways the past can echo into the present, from the acclaimed author of THE SILENCE.

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Had me captivated from beginning to end. A haunting thriller that flawlessly weaves the past with the present. Tense, engrossing and unputdownable LOUISE HARE

Beautifully written, and so intricately plotted with utterly compelling characterisation and narratives that draw you relentlessly through the story to the shattering climax. An absolute gem of a literary thriller PHILIPPA EAST

A House of Usher for the 21st Century: unnerving, unsettling and increasingly hard to put down PHILIP GRAY

A very fine writer with a fierce intelligence. The House on Rye Lane had me terrified LEONORA NATTRESS, author of Black Drop

A haunting and hypnotic story that creeped me out and then made me cry. Tautly written and subtle what a book! Loved it FIONA MITCHELL

What a read! Twisty, turny, beautifully written, just brilliant FRANCES QUINN

A highly accomplished literary thriller Allott is establishing herself as one of the most talented new writers around TREVOR WOOD

Such a cleverly crafted, suspenseful and moving novel, I absolutely loved it ZO SOMERVILLE, author or The Night of the Flood

Utterly compelling. will live with me for years to come. At times this thriller made me think of Sarah Waters, at times Belinda Bauer it is gripping, intelligent and deliciously dark FRANCESCA JAKOBI

A wonderfully atmospheric, darkly brooding novel which had me transfixed from the first page to the last a novel to lose yourself in, to savour, and one which will linger, disturbing and magnificent in equal measure, long after it is finished. LOUISE FEIN

Spooky, gothic splendour this book will creep under your skin and keep you enthralled to the very last page Stunning prose, drenched in atmosphere he best book Ive read in ages ELENI KYRIACOU

'An intensely gripping story with a dark undertone that pulls you along to a shocking and touching conclusion. Absolutely brilliant. Allott is a real talent CHARLOTTE LEVIN

Author Bio

Susan Allott is from the UK but spent part of her twenties in Australia, desperately homesick but trying to make Sydney her home. In 2016 she completed the Faber Academy course, during which she started writing this novel. She now lives in south London with her two children and her very Australian husband.