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Pub Date 7 May 2026 | Archive Date 9 May 2026


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THE BOOK BOOKSELLERS CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO READ

'The only book I’ve read which deserves its comparisons to The Secret History (but more mystifying and far trippier!)'

'I read Solace House in one tense evening, unable to put it down! I’ve not read a novel this vivid and surprising in such a long time, and I immediately need everyone I know to read it so we can discuss its magic'

'What the heck was this labyrinthine gloriousness that I just read?!'

'A modern classic in the making - breathtakingly smart and deliciously eerie'

'With echoes of great novels like The Secret History, Piranesi, The Haunting of Hill House, and, more recently, Lost In The Garden, Solace House is a novel that deserves - no, demands - to be lauded, debated and puzzled over by readers for years to come.' 

'I can’t think of many more wildly original, creepily inventive, yet word-for-word fun novels to land on our shelves recently'

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In the summer of 1993, broke student Alex Lane joins a team clearing out Solace House, a Victorian mansion bequeathed to the university by a reclusive hoarder called Flayne. The other students are a mixed bunch, but Alex quickly falls into a close friendship with the lively, redheaded Ella.

When the crew begins sorting through piles of junk, they stumble upon Flayne’s journals, in which he details his obsession with his missing mother, his discovery of a strange place called Bewise, and – most mysteriously – his belief in another realm lying parallel to ours, along with coded instructions as to how it might be reached.

As the students delve deeper into the house’s secrets, one of them becomes obsessed with deciphering Flayne’s strange opus and its promise of another world… and they may be willing to sacrifice everything, and everyone, to get there.

THE BOOK BOOKSELLERS CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO READ

'The only book I’ve read which deserves its comparisons to The Secret History (but more mystifying and far trippier!)'

'I read Solace House in one tense...


Advance Praise

'I adored it. The Secret History meets The Haunting of Hill House... A beautifully crafted book - rich, thoughtful, terrifying. I can't wait for people to read it' Nicholas Binge

'Solace House is a sprawling, mind-bending, immersive mansion of a novel. Perfect for fans of David Mitchell and Ruth Ozeki, this is a definite must-read... and must re-read' Cailean Steed

'Precise, masterful and electric, Solace House sets the gold standard for contemporary speculative fiction… A triumphant mystery that will keep you gripped right to the very last page.' Rebecca Ferrier

‘An instant classic... It’s the most gripping book I’ve read for months’ Alison Rumfitt

‘There are moments of intense revelation in Solace House so vivid that I can still see them... A hallucinatory delight' Aliya Whitely

'Delightfully sinister... The best part is that you’ll not realize you are lost until it’s far too late to escape’ Hirron Ennes


'I adored it. The Secret History meets The Haunting of Hill House... A beautifully crafted book - rich, thoughtful, terrifying. I can't wait for people to read it' Nicholas Binge

'Solace House is a...


Available Editions

EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781805464587
PRICE £20.00 (GBP)
PAGES 512

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