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The House of Ashes

For fans of Gillian Flynn and Tana French, a chilling story of a Northern Irish murder 60 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.

Audiobook available, read by Caroline Lennon

The House of Ashes
by Stuart Neville