'Atmospheric and twisty: think Daphne Du Maurier for the present day.' The Telegraph
'Immersive, tense and ultimately redemptive, while I was reading it held me completely in its grip.' Sarah Vaughan 'Exquisite prose and an evocative setting.' Publishers Weekly |
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB AMAZON EBOOK BESTSELLER PRIZEWINNING AUTHOR Chase parcels out her clues slowly, without a hint of showiness. About families — the ones we’re born into, the ones we make and especially the ones we flee.' New York Times 'Eve Chase has something of the poet in her: her descriptions of a manor in an ancient forest are worth reading for themselves. We loved it,' Richard Madeley, Richard and Judy Book Club 'Eve Chase’s novels are about glamorous families with tragic pasts, set in wonderful locations...one of my favourite reads so far this year.’ Daily Mail 'The story slips back and forth in time making up a cleverly constructed puzzle of a plot whose pieces finally snap together in a truly gratifying manner.' The Washington Post 'Eve Chase is a supremo of this genre.' Red |
'A house not a person is the star of Chase's novel...What happened to the Alton family, the estate's former inhabitants, back in 1969?' - Required Reading, New York Post
'A gorgeously written novel describing the love and affection that hold families together and the powerful forces that can tear them apart' - Huffington Post
'Apart from the occasional classic, I have rarely felt the urge to read a book twice…beautifully crafted mystery is a delight that I want to experience again and again' - The Stylist