Böcker av Eve Chase

The new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Eve Chase, author of The Glass House and The Birdcage, available to pre-order in paperback! Notting Hill, London. One May evening, seventeen-year-old Maggie Parker's mother walks out of their front door and doesn't return . . .With her little brother in tow, desperate to find her mother, Maggie is drawn into a labyrinthine world of antiques and shadowy figures, far from the grand stucco terraces. There she befriends another young person living on their wits. But can he help solve the mystery of her mother's disappearance?Twenty-one years later, in a Parisian apartment, Maggie's phone rings and her hard-won grown-up life shatters. While in London, the new owner of the Parker's old Notting Hill house is excavating a basement, unaware of what might lie beneath, and the clock starts ticking on buried secrets.Sweeping from bustling London streets, the boulevards of Paris to an old English country house, The Midnight Hour is a thrilling, richly woven story about a golden family with a hidden past - and a woman trying to turn back the hands of time before it's too late.Praise for Eve Chase:'Atmospheric' Jane Fallon'Utterly intoxicating' Veronica Henry'Evocative' Karen Swan'Page-turning' Katie Fforde'Kept me absolutely gripped' Rosie Walsh'Stunning' Catherine Cooper'Eve Chase's best novel yet' Gill Paul'Haunting' Tracy Rees'Spellbinding' Katy Regan'Skillfully plotted' Lindsay Cameron'I loved it' Tammy Cohen'Intriguing' Janet Skeslien Charles

One golden family. One fateful summer. Four lives changed for ever.Amber Alton knows that the hours pass differently at Black Rabbit Hall, her London family's country estate where no two clocks read the same. Summers there are perfect, timeless. Not much ever happens. Until, one stormy evening, it does.The idyllic world of the four Alton children is shattered. Fiercely bonded by the tragic events, they grow up fast. But when a glamorous stranger arrives, these loyalties are tested. Forbidden passions simmer. And another catastrophe looms . . .Decades later, Lorna and her fianc wind their way through the countryside searching for a wedding venue. Lorna is drawn to a beautiful crumbling old house she hazily remembers from her childhood, feels a bond she does not understand. When she finds a disturbing message carved into an old oak tree by one of the Alton children, she begins to realise that Black Rabbit Hall's secret history is as dark and tangled as its woods, and that, much like her own past, it must be brought into the light.A thrilling spiral into the hearts of two women separated by decades but inescapably linked by Black Rabbit Hall. A story of forgotten childhood and broken dreams, secrets and heartache, and the strength of a family's love.INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT FROM EVE CHASE'S STUNNING NEW BOOK THE VANISHING OF AUDREY WILDEPraise for Black Rabbit Hall'Apart from the occasional classic, I have rarely felt the urge to read a book twice . . . Black Rabbit Hall's beautifully crafted mystery is a delight I want to experience again and again . . . make Chase's debut the one to pack in your suitcase *****' Stylist'There's something about tales of mysterious old buildings that have the ability to set hairs on end. In this one, two intertwining stories explore the magnificence of Black Rabbit Hall and the dark secrets behind its walls. Perfect' Red'Atmospheric, with echoes of du Maurier, this haunting novel enchanted me' Fanny Blake, Woman & Home'Beautifully, poetically written and reminiscent of everything from I Capture The Castle to Hansel And Gretel. Eve Chase is a name to watch' Wendy Holden, Daily Mail