A searing debut suspense novel about a house with a history that haunts the generations of women who have lived there, for fans of Paula Hawkins and Gillian Flynn. For as long as Betty can remember, 43 Hanger Hill has been more than just a house: it’s a place haunted by whispers. Some of the rumours are vague. Others disturbingly specific… On Betty’s eighteenth birthday, she asks her strange, reclusive mother to tell the real story of what happened all those years ago. Her mother was a young woman, reeling from the suicide of her grandmother, when she inherited the family home. Along with her boyfriend, she throws herself into renovating the house, convinced the project will ease her debilitating grief. Instead, she finds herself increasingly isolated and paranoid. As her mother spins her story, Betty evades questions from the police officer who insists that the case of the deaths at Hanger Hill should be reopened. When Betty discovers her great-grandmother’s diaries, she is forced to face a terrible truth at the heart of her family…
