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The Glass House

The Glass House

Summary

The spellbinding SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and RICHARD AND JUDY BOOKCLUB PICK about old family secrets

'A captivating mystery: beautifully written, with a rich sense of place, a cast of memorable characters, and lots of deep, dark secrets' Kate Morton, bestselling author of The Clockmaker's Daughter

'Absolutely her best yet' Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of The Family Upstairs

'A wonderful, romantic, compelling mystery. Eve Chase has something of the poet in her: her descriptions of a remote manor house nestling in an ancient forest are worth reading for themselves, but the plotline of The Glass House is utterly absorbing in its own right. We loved it' Richard and Judy Book Club

'The Glass House is not really about a murder, or a creepy house, but about families - the ones we're born into, the ones we make and especially the ones we flee' New York Times
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The truth can shatter everything . . .

When the Harrington family discovers an abandoned baby deep in the shady woods, they decide to keep her a secret and raise her as their own.

But within days a body is found in the grounds of their house and their perfect new family implodes.

Years later, Sylvie, seeking answers to nagging questions about her life, is drawn into the wild beautiful woods where nothing is quite what it seems.

Will she unearth the truth?

And dare she reveal it?
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'I adored this beautifully-written, riveting mystery' Rosie Walsh, bestselling author of The Man Who Didn't Call

'So beautifully and insightfully written, with characters I grew to love. A compelling, moving story that kept me turning the pages right to the very last' Katherine Webb, author of The Legacy

Praise for Eve Chase

'Enthralling' Kate Morton

'Simply stunning' Dinah Jefferies

'The most beautiful book you will read this year' Lisa Jewell

'Filled with intrigue' Clare Mackintosh

'Exquisite and evocative' Sarah Vaughan

Richard and Judy Book Club Pick, Winter 2020

Reviews

  • A captivating mystery: beautifully written, with a rich sense of place, a cast of memorable characters, and lots of deep, dark secrets
    Kate Morton

About the author

Eve Chase

Eve Chase writes page-turning mysteries set in beautiful places, thick with secrets. Her novels include The Birdcage, The Glass House. The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde and Black Rabbit Hall. The Glass House was a Sunday Times bestseller and Richard and Judy Bookclub pick, and she has previously won the Saint-Maur en Poche prize in Paris for Best Foreign Fiction and been longlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award. Her work has been translated into twenty languages. The Midnight Hour is her fifth novel. Married with three children, she lives in Oxford.


Say hello on Instagram and Twitter @EvePollyChase and facebook.com/EveChaseAuthor. For press reviews and more detail about her books visit evechase.com
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