{"product_id":"9781529404722","title":"The Last House","description":"Author: R. G. Adams\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529404722\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Quercus Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 Dec 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I'm completely hooked. Adams is a skilled and engaging writer' Alex Marwood\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHREE GENERATIONS OF SECRETS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSocial worker Kit Goddard is convinced that Sandbeach Child Services have let an injured seventeen-year-old boy down, just like they'd done to her brother ten years earlier. Since the referral came in, it had been passed between departments, her own manager Georgia and colleague Tim brushing it off as a low risk, low priority case. But Kit can't shake the feeling that something isn't quite right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScanning the referral, she notices that the house seventeen-year-old Dylan Meredith lives in with his 'weird' mother had been described as decrepit. The anonymous caller said he was injured, frightened and afraid to tell the truth.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Kit begins to look deeper into the history of the family, she learns that Dylan's grandmother had been an inpatient at Penlan psychiatric hospital and had died there in 2012. But as her colleague Tim had stressed, this was not a case for psychiatric services. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a bid to trace the anonymous caller for more information, Kit sets off to the small coastal town of Rock. Only to be confronted with the sense of strangeness that surrounds the Meredith family and the rumours that have troubled this small community for years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intense psychological thriller, \u003ci\u003eThe Last House \u003c\/i\u003eshows that the darkest secrets are hidden within the walls. But no matter how big you build them the truth will always find a way of breaking out. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat readers are saying about THE LAST HOUSE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gripping' 5*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant' 5*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Engaging' 5*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Full of twists' 5* \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920578166942,"sku":"ING-9781529404722","price":40.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529404722.jpg?v=1782824687","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529404722","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}