Midnight Hour, The

MIDNIGHT HOUR,THE

The Richard and Judy Book Club Pick
The #1 eBook Bestseller

Uncover the secrets that lie beneath Notting Hill; the captivating new mystery from Sunday Times bestseller Eve Chase - now in paperback!

'A clever mystery that kept me gripped. I loved every word' Claire Douglas
'Passionately emotional, dreamily written and dripping with boho glamour' Daily Mail
'A book you want to race back to' Lisa Jewell
'A wonderful twisty novel of family and secrets' Kate Morton
'Moody, evocative, with a dream-like quality no other author can master' Gillian McAllister
'Lush, evocative, nostalgic; gripping. A true treat of a book' Sarah Vaughan

*****
Present day Paris: Maggie Parker receives a call. The new owners of her family's old Notting Hill home are digging up the basement. They've no idea what might lie beneath . . .

London, twenty-one years earlier: teenaged Maggie, babysitting her little brother, waits in vain for her mother to come home after a night out. Seeking clues to her mother's mysterious disappearance, she's drawn away from the neighbourhood's grand terraces and into its hustling backstreets - and the arms of someone else living on their wits.

Over two decades later, the clock is ticking on a secret set to shatter Maggie's grown-up life. But the draw of the past is irresistible . . .

*****

Praise for The Midnight Hour:

'Evocative, beautifully written and absolutely gripping, The Midnight Hour is sensational' Rosie Walsh
'A gripping tale of family secrets' Woman's Own
'I was up all night reading' Elizabeth Fremantle
'Engrossing, atmospheric and beautifully written' Anna Mazzola
'A plot as tightly sprung as a Swiss watch' Veronica Henry
'Absorbing and compulsive . . . a brilliantly imagined and beautifully written story' Hazel Gaynor
'An exquisitely-written, immersive mystery' Tammy Cohen
'I adored every word' Gill Paul
'So vivid, it's like a time machine' Tasmina Perry

Review: Mesmerising - a book you want to race back to -- Lisa Jewell
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, bestselling author of The Girls Who Disappeared
Passionately emotional, dreamily written and dripping with boho glamour * Daily Mail *
Moody, evocative, with a dream-like quality no other author can master -- Gillian McAllister, bestselling author of Just Another Missing Person
Beautifully written and totally compelling * Fabulous *
An Eve Chase novel is always a sumptuous treat, and The Midnight Hour is perhaps her best yet. Exquisitely written, it's immersive, propulsive and as intricately constructed as the antique clocks which herald each lonely midnight hour. As ever, it's her characterisation that stands out, and her depiction of the joy and precariousness of first love, enjoyed by Maggie and Wolf. With whispers of One Day, and a story reaching back into nineties Notting Hill and Paris, this is a novel to immerse yourself in this summer: lush, evocative, nostalgic; gripping, with a dark undercurrent, but ultimately redemptive and hopeful. A true treat of a book -- Sarah Vaughan, author of Anatomy of a Scandal
A wonderful twisty novel of family and secrets - the perfect summer read -- Kate Morton
A gripping tale of family secrets * Woman's Own *
I loved The Midnight Hour, a gripping, beautifully written novel that plunges you into the lives of siblings, Maggie and Kit, and the mysterious past that looks like it's about to catch up with them. Eve Chase skilfully weaves together two time periods, evoking London and Paris and the world of antiques with such a depth of detail that I felt I was walking the streets alongside the characters. As the tension builds and the secrets they've been hiding start to come to light, I couldn't turn the pages fast enough and felt every bit of Maggie and Kit's peril. A summer must-read. -- Sarah Pearse, bestselling author of The Sanatorium
Evocative, beautifully written and absolutely gripping, The Midnight Hour is sensational - her best yet -- Rosie Walsh, bestselling author of The Man Who Didn't Call



Author Biography:

Eve Chase writes page-turning mysteries set in beautiful places, thick with secrets. Her novels include The Birdcage, The Glass House. The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde and Black Rabbit Hall. The Glass House was a Sunday Times bestseller and Richard and Judy Bookclub pick, and she has previously won the Saint-Maur en Poche prize in Paris for Best Foreign Fiction and been longlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award. Her work has been translated into twenty languages. The Midnight Hour is her fifth novel. Married with three children, she lives in Oxford.