Julia Rochester

Darkly comic debut about a curious death in Cornwall intrigues to the very end

Intricate and involving, this is a writer to watch

A story that carries you along - clever plotting and a startling outcome. An impressive first novel

Wonderfully crisp and funny, and so full of vivid, surprising images that the reader almost doesn't notice the moment that deep secrets begin to be revealed. I enjoyed this book so much

Emma Healey, author of 'Elizabeth is Missing'

The sheer intelligence and wit of the writing is often funny, but as the story deepens the emotions darken . . . This is a terrific debut - and like that unhappy image of father, turning in his spangled arc, it stays in the mind

The House at the Edge of the World is, like its narrator, funny, sharp and also terribly sad

An obviously gifted writer. . . its strength lies in the understanding of human behaviour that underlies the unexpected twists and turns, each one of which moves from romanticism to credibility in a bracing way, so that the book's charm resembles that of a building such as Brighton Pavilion: engagingly fantastic in appearance, but structurally sound

Darkly funny... sharp-as-knives observations brilliantly capture the black undertow of this family story

A slippery tale of perception and manipulation... The text echoes of a thriller, though it is a character study in how much people can alter themselves to meet the wills of others; for marriage, family or the bond of twinship

When I was eighteen, my father fell off a cliff. It was a stupid way to die. 
 
The Venton family are used to living with ghosts. The death of Morwenna's father near Thornton House, the beloved family home in Devon, prompts both Morwenna and her twin brother Corwin to flee in opposite directions. 
 
But connections to the house - and family - are not so easy to break. When, seventeen years after their father's death, Corwin returns, he will force Morwenna to confront a terrifying truth from the past, one that will destroy everything they thought they knew about their childhood home. 
 
The House at the Edge of the World reveals how families tear themselves apart, and how they try to bind themselves together again.

Julia Rochester

Praise for The House at the Edge of the World

Darkly comic debut about a curious death in Cornwall intrigues to the very end

Intricate and involving, this is a writer to watch

A story that carries you along - clever plotting and a startling outcome. An impressive first novel

Darkly comic debut about a curious death in Cornwall intrigues to the very end

Intricate and involving, this is a writer to watch

A story that carries you along - clever plotting and a startling outcome. An impressive first novel

Darkly comic debut about a curious death in Cornwall intrigues to the very end

Intricate and involving, this is a writer to watch

A story that carries you along - clever plotting and a startling outcome. An impressive first novel

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