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''I haven't read anything this exciting since Gone Girl' - STEPHEN KING
'One of the most extraordinary thrillers of the year' - DAILY MAIL
'A dark, audacious highwire act of a novel' - GUARDIAN
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This is the story of a murderer. A stolen child. Revenge. This is the story of Ted, who lives with his 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.
You think you know what's inside the last house on Needless Street. You think you've read this story before. But you're wrong. In the dark forest at the end of Needless Street, something lies buried. 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.
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'Catriona Ward is the new face of literary dark fiction' - SARAH PINBOROUGH
'Books like this don't come around too often' - JOANNE HARRIS
'Believe the hype... a masterclass' - KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE
'A chilling and beautiful masterpiece of suspense. I was completely enthralled' - JOE HILL
'A masterpiece. Beautiful, heartbreaking and quietly uplifting' - ALEX NORTH
I'm really struggling with how to rate this, because while I feel that it's a well crafted idea, I didn't actually enjoy most of it. I think the storyline quickly becomes obvious to anyone who's more than superficially familiar with the topic, and removing the intrigue makes the middle chunk feel more like a slog. I've previously seen several of the YouTube videos that the author's inspiration and research is based on, and I kind of feel like I've cheated the twist, tbh. The ending was the best part, but I'm a bit disappointed with the lack of atmosphere leading up to it. So, I dunno...
