The House Party
Jul 2025 · Hachette UK
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About this eBook
At Saltwater Grange, Liv Harvey's ancient estate on the coast of Dorset, a group of lifelong friends gather in retirement, creating an upmarket commune for the hippy generation.
To outsiders like Liv's much-younger half-sister Justine, these dope-smoking pensioners with their organic garden and their talk of utopia look like an easy touch.
But Justine is wrong. Though long life has given them professional careers and respectable appearances, the Saltwater Eight have a dark past hidden behind the bohemian veneer.
Years later, they've paid their dues and reformed. They've even thrived in the system they wanted to destroy. But someone at the Grange thinks they haven't changed - and is intent on exacting revenge for events that happened a lifetime ago.
Praise for Alex Marwood:
'So good I wish I'd written it myself'
VAL McDERMID
'Without a doubt, she is one of crime fiction's brightest stars. Not to be missed'
MEGAN ABBOTT
'Alex Marwood has become one of my must-read crime writers'
SOPHIE HANNAH
'Scary as hell'
STEPHEN KING
'I cancel all engagements for a new novel from Alex Marwood'
ERIN KELLY
'Crime writing at its best'
LISA JEWELL
'I can't wait to see what Alex Marwood comes up with next'
JOJO MOYES
To outsiders like Liv's much-younger half-sister Justine, these dope-smoking pensioners with their organic garden and their talk of utopia look like an easy touch.
But Justine is wrong. Though long life has given them professional careers and respectable appearances, the Saltwater Eight have a dark past hidden behind the bohemian veneer.
Years later, they've paid their dues and reformed. They've even thrived in the system they wanted to destroy. But someone at the Grange thinks they haven't changed - and is intent on exacting revenge for events that happened a lifetime ago.
Praise for Alex Marwood:
'So good I wish I'd written it myself'
VAL McDERMID
'Without a doubt, she is one of crime fiction's brightest stars. Not to be missed'
MEGAN ABBOTT
'Alex Marwood has become one of my must-read crime writers'
SOPHIE HANNAH
'Scary as hell'
STEPHEN KING
'I cancel all engagements for a new novel from Alex Marwood'
ERIN KELLY
'Crime writing at its best'
LISA JEWELL
'I can't wait to see what Alex Marwood comes up with next'
JOJO MOYES
About the author
Alex Marwood is the pseudonym of a journalist who has worked extensively across the British press. She is the author of the word-of-mouth sensation The Wicked Girls, which won a prestigious Edgar Award, The Killer Next Door, which won the coveted Macavity Award, The Darkest Secret, The Poison Garden and The Island of Lost Girls. She has also been shortlisted for numerous other crime writing awards and her novels have been optioned for the screen. Alex lives in south London.
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