Description
Description
The new novel from Eve Chase, author of The Glass House and The Birdcage, available to pre-order now!
A glittering family. A Notting Hill house. Step into their secrets . . . Notting Hill, London. Lou Parker's famous mother walks out of their pink front door and doesn't return home by midnight, or the midnight after... Looking after her little brother, trying to piece together where their mother might be, Lou ventures into a different world - far from the fancy terraces - filled with ramshackle antique shops, shadowy figures. A place where time seems to have stopped. And Lou must protect her brother. At all costs.Twenty-one years - 7665 midnights - later. The new owner of a Notting Hill house starts excavating a basement, oblivious to what might lie beneath. While in a writer's Saint-Germain apartment, a mobile phone rings...and the clock starts ticking again. Sweeping from vibrant London streets to the boulevards of Paris to an old English country house, The Midnight Hour is a story about the dark secrets hidden within a golden family - and a woman desperately 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
About the Author
About the Author
Eve Chase is an internationally bestselling British novelist who writes rich, layered, and suspenseful novels, thick with secrets, unforgettable characters, and settings. Her previous novels include The Birdcage; The Daughters of Foxcote Manor, which was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller and Richard and Judy Book Club pick in the UK; The Wildling Sisters, which was longlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award; and Black Rabbit Hall, winner of Paris's Saint-Maur en Poche prize for Best Foreign Fiction.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"A gripping tale of family secrets."--Woman's Own
"Passionately emotional, dreamily written and dripping with boho glamour."--Daily Mail "A gripping read, with each tantalizing thread eventually coming together."--The Sunday Post "Mesmerizing--a book you want to race back to."--Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of None of This Is True "I'm always so excited for a new Eve Chase book and The Midnight Hour is her best yet, beautifully written with characters that jumped off the page and a clever mystery that kept me gripped. I loved every word."--Claire Douglas, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Girls Who Disappeared "Absorbing and compulsive . . . a writer at the top of her game and a novel to stir your nostalgic nineties heart . . . I loved every page!"--Hazel Gaynor, bestselling author of The Last Lifeboat "A wonderful, twisty novel of family and secrets--the perfect summer read."--Kate Morton, bestselling author of Homecoming "I adored every word of this beautifully written, immersive family mystery."--Gill Paul, author of Scandalous Women
"The Midnight Hour is an intricate family drama with Eve Chase's trademark lyricism, disheveled, dysfunctional glamour and beguiling characters. Emotionally astute and beautifully descriptive with a plot as tightly sprung as a Swiss watch, this will put Notting Hill back on the map."--Veronica Henry "Evocative, beautifully written and absolutely gripping, The Midnight Hour is sensational--her best yet."--Rosie Walsh, bestselling author of The Love of My Life "An Eve Chase novel is always a sumptuous treat, and The Midnight Hour is perhaps her best yet. This is a novel to immerse yourself in this summer: lush, evocative, nostalgic; gripping, with a dark undercurrent, but ultimately redemptive and hopeful. It's a true treat of a book."--Sarah Vaughan, author of Anatomy of a Scandal and Reputation "The Midnight Hour has all the brooding allure of a Daphne du Maurier novel and all the wonderfully English eccentricity of a Richard Curtis movie. Eve Chase is at the top of her game in this twisty mystery about broken families, first love, the burdens of fame, and secrets never to be told."--Elizabeth Fremantle, author of Disobedient and Queen's Gambit "I loved The Midnight Hour, a gripping, beautifully written novel. . . . A summer must-read."--Sarah Pearse, author of The Sanatorium and The Retreat "Exceptional . . . moody, evocative, with a dreamlike quality no other author can master."--Gillian McAllister, author of Wrong Place Wrong Time
"This mesmerizing mystery from Chase traces the story of an eccentric British family across two decades. . . . With poetic prose and a sweeping scope, Chase reveals the Parker family's secrets at a tantalizing pace."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Passionately emotional, dreamily written and dripping with boho glamour."--Daily Mail "A gripping read, with each tantalizing thread eventually coming together."--The Sunday Post "Mesmerizing--a book you want to race back to."--Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of None of This Is True "I'm always so excited for a new Eve Chase book and The Midnight Hour is her best yet, beautifully written with characters that jumped off the page and a clever mystery that kept me gripped. I loved every word."--Claire Douglas, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Girls Who Disappeared "Absorbing and compulsive . . . a writer at the top of her game and a novel to stir your nostalgic nineties heart . . . I loved every page!"--Hazel Gaynor, bestselling author of The Last Lifeboat "A wonderful, twisty novel of family and secrets--the perfect summer read."--Kate Morton, bestselling author of Homecoming "I adored every word of this beautifully written, immersive family mystery."--Gill Paul, author of Scandalous Women
"The Midnight Hour is an intricate family drama with Eve Chase's trademark lyricism, disheveled, dysfunctional glamour and beguiling characters. Emotionally astute and beautifully descriptive with a plot as tightly sprung as a Swiss watch, this will put Notting Hill back on the map."--Veronica Henry "Evocative, beautifully written and absolutely gripping, The Midnight Hour is sensational--her best yet."--Rosie Walsh, bestselling author of The Love of My Life "An Eve Chase novel is always a sumptuous treat, and The Midnight Hour is perhaps her best yet. This is a novel to immerse yourself in this summer: lush, evocative, nostalgic; gripping, with a dark undercurrent, but ultimately redemptive and hopeful. It's a true treat of a book."--Sarah Vaughan, author of Anatomy of a Scandal and Reputation "The Midnight Hour has all the brooding allure of a Daphne du Maurier novel and all the wonderfully English eccentricity of a Richard Curtis movie. Eve Chase is at the top of her game in this twisty mystery about broken families, first love, the burdens of fame, and secrets never to be told."--Elizabeth Fremantle, author of Disobedient and Queen's Gambit "I loved The Midnight Hour, a gripping, beautifully written novel. . . . A summer must-read."--Sarah Pearse, author of The Sanatorium and The Retreat "Exceptional . . . moody, evocative, with a dreamlike quality no other author can master."--Gillian McAllister, author of Wrong Place Wrong Time
"This mesmerizing mystery from Chase traces the story of an eccentric British family across two decades. . . . With poetic prose and a sweeping scope, Chase reveals the Parker family's secrets at a tantalizing pace."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Ballantine Books
Pub date:
2025-08-05
Length:
320 pages
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