Darkhouse (Abridged‪)‬

NERVE-SHATTERING SUSPENSE FROM ONE OF THE MOST ORIGINAL AND EXCITING NEW VOICES IN THRILLER FICTION.

From a broken childhood comes an unbreakable and deadly bond.

In New York, when a routine investigation comes to a violent and tragic end, Detective Joe Lucchesi takes leave from the NYPD and moves with his wife and son to a quiet village on the south-east coast of Ireland. But their lives are torn apart when a young girl goes missing and the village closes ranks.

Desperate to protect his family, Joe sets out to find the truth and uncovers a trail that leads back across the Atlantic to a Texan backwater, where decades earlier, a chilling pact bound two teenage boys forever in a dark and twisted loyalty.

Reviews

Praise for the HB:

Darkhouse is a terrific debut by an exciting new writer’ The Independent on Sunday

'With no-hold, non-stop action moving seamlessly between North Texas, New York and Waterford, Barclay confidently delivers a knockout first novel’ The Irish Times

‘This rips along and shows great technique for a debut novel. Take my word for it we will hear more of young Barclay' The Irish Independent

‘Darkhouse meets all the criteria of a good thriller – scary moments, twists, and page-turning hooks…Darkhouse will guarantee you a few sleepless nights’ Irish Evening Echo

‘Alex Barclay’s dark, suspenseful novel is the chiller-thriller of the Summer’ Saga Magazine

‘Darkhouse is a ride worth buckling your belt for’ Sunday Business Post

About the author

Alex Barclay was born in Dublin in 1974. She has two older brothers, an older sister and a younger brother. She began reading crime novels in her early teens which proved to be one of her most consistent and persistent interests.

Darkhouse is her debut novel.