All eight arrive with low expectations for a pleasant holiday. But because of Haddon's extraordinary narrative technique, the stories of these eight people are anything but simple.
A tale told from rotating viewpoints traces seven days of bitterly comic family dynamics and confrontation when a wealthy doctor invites his estranged sister's family to join his newly blended one at a vacation home in the English ...
Against the backdrop of a strange family gathering, Haddon skillfully weaves together the stories of eight very different people forced into close quarters.
Derek didn't ask for this.
How they found the house and unraveled its eerie secret forms the powerful climax of this outstanding mystery novel.
. .I could not put it down' 'Wow. Just wow' 'Carefully crafted plot and well-drawn characters made this an intelligent thriller that had me hooked' 'A brilliant thriller from the first page until the last'