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The Times Thriller of the Month
Observer Thriller of the Month
Guardian '2021 In Books' pick

'The buzz is real.. I haven't read anything this exciting since Gone Girl' - STEPHEN KING
'A dark, audacious highwire act of a novel' - Guardian

This is the story of a murderer. A stolen child. Revenge. This is the story of Ted, who lives with his young daughter Lauren and his cat Olivia in an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street.

All these things are true. And yet some of them are lies. An unspeakable secret binds the family together, and when a new neighbour moves in next door, the truth may destroy them all. Because there's something buried in the dark forest at the end of Needless Street. But it's not what you think...

From the multiple award-winning author of Little Eve and Rawblood, this extraordinary tale will thrill and move readers. A work of incredible imagination and heartbreaking beauty.

Author Biography

Catriona Ward was born in Washington, DC and grew up in the US, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco. She is the author of Rawblood and Little Eve, and has won the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel twice, and the Shirley Jackson Award. Her latest book, The Last House on Needless Street, was a BBC2 Between the Covers book club pick and a Times bestseller, as well as a #1 Kindle bestseller and a Times and Observer Thriller of the Month. Translation rights have been sold in 20 territories, and the film rights have been optioned by Imaginarium Productions. Ward lives in London and Devon.

Review

'This spectacular gothic fantasy is one of the most extraordinary thrillers of the year so far... Splendidly sinister and twisty, it comes to a magnificent Grand Guignol finale' - Daily Mail


'This is Stephen King country, and Catriona Ward's novel is at the horror end of the thriller scale. But this is not horror as you know it... for all the deliberate echoes of Psycho and The Shining, Ward's ambition is closer to William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. The reader is in her hands but never feels manipulated - this is horror with integrity' - The Times

'The buzz building around Catriona Ward's The Last House on Needless Street is real. I've read it and was blown away. It's a true nerve-shredder that keeps its mind-blowing secrets to the very end. Haven't read anything this exciting since Gone Girl' - Stephen King

'This is the most gloriously complex, shifting story, deeply disturbing yet also, somehow, heartwarming ... Ward has created something exceptionally unsettling here, as many-layered and sinister as the Russian doll that sits on Ted's mantelpiece' - Observer

'The book sits in that twilight margin between psychological thriller and Gothic horror, with Ward, twice the recipient of the August Derleth Award, beautifully wrongfooting the reader every step of the way' - Financial Times

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Immersive, gripping, and delivering twist after twist: this Richard & Judy Book Club Pick is the must-read gothic thriller of 2021. It's so good you'll read it twice...

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Immersive, gripping, and delivering twist after twist. It's so good you'll read it twice... The Times Thriller of the Month Observer Thriller of the Month Guardian '2021 In Books' pick 'The buzz is real.. I haven't read anything this exciting since Gone Girl ' - STEPHEN KING 'A dark, audacious highwire act of a novel' - Guardian This is the story of a murderer. A stolen child. Revenge. This is the story of Ted, who lives with his young daughter Lauren and his cat Olivia in an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street. All these things are true. And yet some of them are lies. An unspeakable secret binds the family together, and when a new neighbour moves in next door, the truth may destroy them all. Because there's something buried in the dark forest at the end of Needless Street. But it's not what you think... From the multiple award-winning author of Little Eve and Rawblood , this extraordinary tale will thrill and move readers. A work of incredible imagination and heartbreaking beauty.

Review Text

'This spectacular gothic fantasy is one of the most extraordinary thrillers of the year so far... Splendidly sinister and twisty, it comes to a magnificent Grand Guignol finale' - Daily Mail 'This is Stephen King country, and Catriona Ward's novel is at the horror end of the thriller scale. But this is not horror as you know it... for all the deliberate echoes of Psycho and The Shining , Ward's ambition is closer to William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury . The reader is in her hands but never feels manipulated - this is horror with integrity' - The Times 'The buzz building around Catriona Ward's The Last House on Needless Street is real . I've read it and was blown away. It's a true nerve-shredder that keeps its mind-blowing secrets to the very end. Haven't read anything this exciting since Gone Girl ' - Stephen King 'This is the most gloriously complex, shifting story, deeply disturbing yet also, somehow, heartwarming ... Ward has created something exceptionally unsettling here, as many-layered and sinister as the Russian doll that sits on Ted's mantelpiece' - Observer 'The book sits in that twilight margin between psychological thriller and Gothic horror, with Ward, twice the recipient of the August Derleth Award, beautifully wrongfooting the reader every step of the way' - Financial Times

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Immersive, gripping, and delivering twist after twist: this Richard & Judy Book Club Pick is the must-read gothic thriller of 2021. It's so good you'll read it twice...

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