A Novel by Zoe Mayen
No One Leaves Red Gables
The games we play. The lies we tell. The price we pay…
Synopsis
Eight went into the house on Friday. Only six will leave on Sunday…
Red Gables, atmospherically Gothic on the outside, shiny and glamorous within, has a dark past. Not that the majority of the gang particularly care. With a wedding on the horizon, a blossoming new romance and some less than savoury agendas of their own, they each have enough on their mind this weekend.
Now that Josephine has Edward, she feels marginally less inadequate than usual. Not that her beautiful bride-to-be sister would know how that feels. Nor care. Not since that terrible day.
What everyone does care about is the way the house seems to cough up peculiarities at every turn. Including a mysterious housekeeper no one was expecting. Despite the distance between the sisters, Josephine knows something is wrong with the happily engaged couple. And she has her own part to play.
When cryptic messages turn threatening, the stakes are raised. Somebody is playing a dangerous game.
And one of them is a killer.
Who will survive the weekend? Who won’t?
And what really happened forty years ago when Red Gables went up in flames?
What Critics Say
"A clever and dramatic story full of sub-plots and questions for the reader to untangle!... All in all a thoroughly enjoyable read with a creative take on the thriller!"
— Trevor Bond, Amazon.co.uk Review
"Well-paced and gripping until the end. So many elements of the story were outstanding... The payoff at the end is seriously worth it."
— Mark, Amazon.co.uk Review
"Brilliant original thriller - highly recommend!... All in all, so clever and well thought out, all fitting together so cleverly by the end."
— Jade W., Amazon.co.uk Review
"Exhilarating... weaves together multiple characters' perspectives and back stories... I didn't see the ending coming at all! Really good read"
— Patrick T, Amazon.co.uk Review
Read an Excerpt
The house watched them arrive, one by one. It had been watching for a very long time. Through rain-lashed windows and rotting eaves, through summers of abandonment and winters of silence, Red Gables had waited. Patient as stone. Hungry as grief.
No One Leaves Red Gables — Excerpt
The house watched them arrive, one by one. It had been watching for a very long time. Through rain-lashed windows and rotting eaves, through summers of abandonment and winters of silence, Red Gables had waited. Patient as stone. Hungry as grief.
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