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The Midnight Hour

The Midnight Hour

Summary

The new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Eve Chase, author of The Glass House and The Birdcage, available to pre-order in paperback!

'A clever mystery that kept me gripped. I loved every word' Claire Douglas
'A book you want to race back to' Lisa Jewell
'A wonderful twisty novel of family and secrets' Kate Morton
'Gripping, beautifully written. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough' Sarah Pearse
'Moody, evocative, with a dream-like quality no other author can master' Gillian McAllister
'Lush, evocative, nostalgic; gripping. A true treat of a book' Sarah Vaughan

*****

Present day Paris: Maggie Parker receives a call. The new owners of her family’s old Notting Hill home are digging up the basement. They’ve no idea what might lie beneath . . .


London, twenty-one years earlier: teenaged Maggie, babysitting her little brother, waits in vain for her mother to come home after a night out. Seeking clues to her mother’s mysterious disappearance, she's drawn away from the neighbourhood’s grand terraces and into its hustling backstreets - and the arms of someone else living on their wits.


Over two decades later, the clock is ticking on a secret set to shatter Maggie’s grown-up life. But the draw of the past is irresistible . . .


*****


Praise for The Midnight Hour:

'Evocative, beautifully written and absolutely gripping, The Midnight Hour is sensational’ Rosie Walsh
'A gripping tale of family secrets' Woman's Own
'I was up all night reading' Elizabeth Fremantle
'Engrossing, atmospheric and beautifully written' Anna Mazzola
'A plot as tightly sprung as a Swiss watch' Veronica Henry
'Absorbing and compulsive . . . a brilliantly imagined and beautifully written story' Hazel Gaynor
'An exquisitely-written, immersive mystery' Tammy Cohen
'I adored every word' Gill Paul
'So vivid, it's like a time machine' Tasmina Perry

Reviews

  • Mesmerising - a book you want to race back to
    Lisa Jewell

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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