The house on the lake - Nuala Ellwood

No matter how far you run . . .

He's never far behind

'Gripping, poignant' Rosamund Lupton

'Eerily haunting' Jane Corry

'I literally couldn't put it down' Emma Curtis

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Lisa needs to disappear. And her friend's rambling old home in the wilds of Yorkshire seems like the perfect place. It's miles away from the closest town, and no one there knows her or her little boy, Joe.

But when a woman from the local village comes to visit them, Lisa realizes that she and Joe aren't as safe as she thought.

What secrets have Rowan Isle House - and her friend - kept hidden all these years?

And what will Lisa have to do to survive, when her past finally catches up with her?


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WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT NUALA ELLWOOD

'Rivals The Girl on the Train (and beats it for style)' Observer

'From start to finish this exciting thriller kept you guessing. What a page turner with all the unexpected twists right until the end...A thoroughly good read' Netgalley Reviewer

'Brilliantly compulsive and with one hell of a twist!' Claire Douglas

'Ellwood instantly creates a creepy, intense atmosphere...it is utter perfection' Netgalley Reader

'Makes you question everything you thought you knew' Emma Kavanagh

'What a great book! It's got everything a good thriller needs, a creepy old house, a remote location, some great complex characters and lots of perfectly timed twists and turns' Netgalley Reader

'You won't see the big twist coming in this haunting thriller' Daily Express

'Compelling characters and an often heart wrenching narrative' Netgalley Reader

'Creepy and deliciously atmospheric, this page-turner has it all - twists and turns and a powerful emotional punch' Teresa Driscoll

'Perfectly paced, Nuala takes the reader down a mysterious and gripping path of intrigue and builds the characters with such beautiful depth' Netgalley Reader

Iris Costello is the pseudonym of bestselling author, Nuala Ellwood. She has a BA Hons degree in Sociology from Durham University and a Master's in Creative Writing from York St John University where she is a visiting lecturer. She is the author of seven highly acclaimed novels, the most recent of which was The Secrets of Rochester Place. The Story Collector is her eighth book.

Eerily haunting with the delicious sense of danger which Nuala Ellwood is so good at creating
Jane Corry

The House on The Lake is so tautly written, I literally couldn't put it down. Nuala Ellwood writes like a dream
Emma Curtis

Creepy and deliciously atmospheric, this page-turner has it all - twists and turns and a powerful emotional punch. Highly recommend
Teresa Driscoll