The House with Nine Locks
$24.50
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
6 May 2025
Summary
1950s Flanders: A master forger transforms a young woman’s life, but will the price be too high?
Combining the cinematic allure of The Queen’s Gambit with the seductive intrigue of Jessie Burton’s The Muse, The House with Nine Locks is a compelling and sweeping historical novel with characters you won’t soon forget.
A master forger. A hidden fortune. A dangerous game of cat and mouse…
In post-war Flanders, Adelais de Wolf’s family is slowly, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787304437 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787304434 |
| Author: | Philip Gray |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Harvill Secker |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 6 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 502g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
One of the best historical crime novels I’ve ever read * Frances Quinn *
A riveting detective story that turns the genre on its head. Gray captures the complexity of postwar Belgium with empathy and ruthless precision. And he gives us an unforgettable heroine to root for at the heart of his superbly crafted novel – Alice Austen, author of 33 PLACE BRUGMANN
In Two Storm Wood Philip Gray brought the scarred post-Great-War battlefields of France to life; in The House with Nine Locks he moves to a grimy post-Second-World-War Flanders. Adelais de Wolf reinvents herself at the glamorous heart of society by embracing life at its murky edges. A page-turner: morally complex and beautifully written. – Leonora Nattrass, bestselling author of BLUE WATER
Adelais is a tremendous central character … Beautifully realised … Enchanting ... Has [the] power to compel and intrigue * Time & Leisure *
‘This intriguing, pacy novel contains a host of memorable characters [and a] magical evocation of place … Adelais de Wolf, a heroine worthy of the name … makes fantasy into a reality and captures everyone’s heart, the reader’s included’ – Virginia Baily, author of EARLY ONE MORNING
A wonderfully original and atmospheric crime novel… [a] beautifully modulated tale of forgery, gambling, ballroom dancing and star-crossed love * Mail on Sunday *
A captivating read * Woman’s Own *
This is a book that will keep you reading well into the night * RTÉ Radio *
Original and thoughtful – Peter Hitchens, in THE LAMP
Adelais is a tremendous central character … Beautifully realised … Enchanting … Has [the] power to compel and intrigue * Time & Leisure *
Philip Gray
Philip Gray studied modern history at Cambridge University. He went on to work as a journalist in Madrid, Rome, and Lisbon. He has tutored in crime writing at City University in London and serves as a director at an award-winning documentary film company, specializing in science and history. He lives in London.
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