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An Ordinary House

Rachel Sargeant

The Outside-people say we're safe now.

But one of us wants to go back.

Back to that house and the darkness it held.

Police raid an ordinary house in a quiet street and find a traumatised teenager held captive with his family. Outside-people call him a survivor, but he doesn't know what to believe. His memories don't match what his siblings and the press say about his home.

As he struggles to make sense of his new world, he must find and face the truth.

With one of his siblings set on revenge, should he forget his family, or turn from victim to killer?

‘An exceptional psychological thriller. Unlike anything I have ever read - I devoured it’ Ruth Gilligan

‘An incredible book, with one of the most unique, compelling voices I’ve ever read’ Charlotte Bigland

‘Dark, gripping and imaginative, An Ordinary House explores the kindness and cruelties of ordinary people. Starling delivers a deeply unsettling read that spans the worst and best of humanity, the horror and the hope, and these extremes won’t let you put it down. A truly psychological thriller’ Jo Furniss

‘Timely, topical and beautifully structured - An Ordinary House is an extraordinary story’ Rob Gittens

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