The Midnight Hour - by Eve Chase (Paperback)

About the Book

"Notting Hill, London: One May evening, seventeen-year-old Maggie Parker's mother walks out of their front door and doesn't return. With her little brother in tow, desperate to find their mother, Maggie is drawn into a labyrinthine world of secondhand shops and shadowy figures, far from the grand townhouses in her comfortable neighborhood. As Maggie struggles to maintain a stable life for herself and her brother, she befriends Wolf, another young person also living on his wits alone. But can he help solve the mystery of her mother's disappearance--or will her growing feelings for him just cause her further pain, upending her life even more? When she discovers that her beloved house now holds a dangerous new secret, and Wolf is involved, Maggie, heartbroken, makes her escape. Twenty-one years later, in her Paris apartment, Maggie gets a phone call that shatters her hard-won new life. While in London, the incoming owner of the Parkers' old Notting Hill house is excavating the basement, unaware of what might lie beneath--and the clock starts ticking on buried secrets"--

Book Synopsis

In this thrilling, richly woven novel that spans from bustling London streets to the boulevards of Paris, a woman with a dark family secret tries to turn back the hands of time before it's too late.

"A wonderful twisty novel of family and secrets--the perfect summer read."--Kate Morton, bestselling author of Homecoming

Notting Hill, London: One May evening, seventeen-year-old Maggie Parker's mother walks out of their front door and doesn't return. With her little brother in tow, desperate to find their mother, Maggie is drawn into a labyrinthine world of secondhand shops and shadowy figures, far from the grand townhouses in her comfortable neighborhood.

As Maggie struggles to maintain a stable life for herself and her brother, she befriends Wolf, another young person also living on his wits alone. But can he help solve the mystery of her mother's disappearance--or will her growing feelings for him just cause her further pain, upending her life even more? When she discovers that her beloved house now holds a dangerous new secret, and Wolf is involved, Maggie, heartbroken, makes her escape.

Twenty-one years later, in her Paris apartment, Maggie gets a phone call that shatters her hard-won new life. While in London, the incoming owner of the Parkers' old Notting Hill house is excavating the basement, unaware of what might lie beneath--and the clock starts ticking on buried secrets.

Review Quotes

"A gripping tale of family secrets."--Woman's Own

"Passionately emotional, dreamily written and dripping with boho glamour."--Daily Mail

"A gripping read, with each tantalizing thread eventually coming together."--The Sunday Post

"Mesmerizing--a book you want to race back to."--Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of None of This Is True

"I'm always so excited for a new Eve Chase book and The Midnight Hour is her best yet, beautifully written with characters that jumped off the page and a clever mystery that kept me gripped. I loved every word."--Claire Douglas, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Girls Who Disappeared

"Absorbing and compulsive . . . a writer at the top of her game and a novel to stir your nostalgic nineties heart . . . I loved every page!"--Hazel Gaynor, bestselling author of The Last Lifeboat

"A wonderful, twisty novel of family and secrets--the perfect summer read."--Kate Morton, bestselling author of Homecoming

"I adored every word of this beautifully written, immersive family mystery."--Gill Paul, author of Scandalous Women

"The Midnight Hour is an intricate family drama with Eve Chase's trademark lyricism, disheveled, dysfunctional glamour and beguiling characters. Emotionally astute and beautifully descriptive with a plot as tightly sprung as a Swiss watch, this will put Notting Hill back on the map."--Veronica Henry

"Evocative, beautifully written and absolutely gripping, The Midnight Hour is sensational--her best yet."--Rosie Walsh, bestselling author of The Love of My Life

"An Eve Chase novel is always a sumptuous treat, and The Midnight Hour is perhaps her best yet. This is a novel to immerse yourself in this summer: lush, evocative, nostalgic; gripping, with a dark undercurrent, but ultimately redemptive and hopeful. It's a true treat of a book."--Sarah Vaughan, author of Anatomy of a Scandal and Reputation

"The Midnight Hour has all the brooding allure of a Daphne du Maurier novel and all the wonderfully English eccentricity of a Richard Curtis movie. Eve Chase is at the top of her game in this twisty mystery about broken families, first love, the burdens of fame, and secrets never to be told."--Elizabeth Fremantle, author of Disobedient and Queen's Gambit

"I loved The Midnight Hour, a gripping, beautifully written novel. . . . A summer must-read."--Sarah Pearse, author of The Sanatorium and The Retreat

"Exceptional . . . moody, evocative, with a dreamlike quality no other author can master."--Gillian McAllister, author of Wrong Place Wrong Time

"This mesmerizing mystery from Chase traces the story of an eccentric British family across two decades. . . . With poetic prose and a sweeping scope, Chase reveals the Parker family's secrets at a tantalizing pace."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

About the Author

Eve Chase is an internationally bestselling British novelist who writes rich, layered, and suspenseful novels, thick with secrets, unforgettable characters, and settings. Her previous novels include The Birdcage; The Daughters of Foxcote Manor, which was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller and Richard and Judy Book Club pick in the UK; The Wildling Sisters, which was longlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award; and Black Rabbit Hall, winner of Paris's Saint-Maur en Poche prize for Best Foreign Fiction.