The house with nine locks Author Surname:Gray

The house with nine locks Author Surname:GrayIn post war Flanders, Adelais de Wolf's family is slowly but surely coming apart after an event nobody will talk about: her mother evermore lost to religious devotion, her father to alcohol. But with the death of a beloved uncle, Adelais finds herself in receipt of an unexpected legacy: a shuttered house in a rundown district and its contents contents which hold the promise of wealth and independence. All that is required is application, nerve, and a

and the bond he's formed with half-wild teenager Trey

He won't open the door

and other entertainments that Gorey wrote

between these events

the victim of a three-month old fatal car accident may be the only clue to recent events in the small rural town

who is engrossed in a book

I wish I could read it all over again' Lisa Jewell

And what is it about crimes of this nature that make for such compelling fiction

But how can she ignore a dying man's wish

Taking detective fiction out of the drawing-room

films and TV appearances

finds herself at the wrong end of a corruption charge