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The Last House: an intense psychological thriller of locked doors and family secrets (Paperback)
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The Last House: an intense psychological thriller of locked doors and family secrets (Paperback)

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Published: 06/07/2023
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'I'm completely hooked. Adams is a skilled and engaging writer' Alex Marwood

THREE GENERATIONS OF SECRETS

Social worker Kit Goddard is convinced that Sandbeach Child Services have let an injured seventeen-year-old boy down, just like they'd done to her brother ten years earlier. Since the referral came in, it had been passed between departments, her own manager Georgia and colleague Tim brushing it off as a low risk, low priority case. But Kit can't shake the feeling that something isn't quite right.

Scanning the referral, she notices that the house seventeen-year-old Dylan Meredith lives in with his 'weird' mother had been described as decrepit. The anonymous caller said he was injured, frightened and afraid to tell the truth.

As Kit begins to look deeper into the history of the family, she learns that Dylan's grandmother had been an inpatient at Penlan psychiatric hospital and had died there in 2012. But as her colleague Tim had stressed, this was not a case for psychiatric services.

In a bid to trace the anonymous caller for more information, Kit sets off to the small coastal town of Rock. Only to be confronted with the sense of strangeness that surrounds the Meredith family and the rumours that have troubled this small community for years.

An intense psychological thriller, The Last House shows that the darkest secrets are hidden within the walls. But no matter how big you build them the truth will always find a way of breaking out.

What readers are saying about THE LAST HOUSE
'Gripping' 5*
'Brilliant' 5*
'Engaging' 5*
'Full of twists' 5*

Publisher: Quercus Publishing
ISBN: 9781529404722
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 249 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 26 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

I'm completely hooked. Adams is a skilled and engaging writer, confident in her knowledge - and it shows. Social worker Kit is a fascinating protagonist, burdened by a troubled youth and equipped, because of it, to show us a fresh perspective on the world of crime and the "clients" she endeavours to help. - Alex Marwood

Social workers often get a bad press but this thoughtful and moving novel, written by someone with plenty experience of the profession, shows how impossibly difficult their job is - Literary Review

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“Brilliant!!”

I reviewed the first book of this series earlier this year and I remember stating that I hoped this would be made into a series, so I was delighted to see the 2nd installment in the Kit Goddard Series. I absolutely... More

Hardback edition
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“Brilliant mystery thriller!”

Kit looks into the case of a seventeen year old, Dylan, as an anonymous call has been received that he had been hit. The home situation is very strange, and as Kit delves further, the weirder it gets!
A great twist... More

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