num_pages: 353
description: Ran McGhie's world has been turned upside down. A young lonely and frustrated writer and suffering from mental-health problems he discovers that his long-dead mother was related to one of Glasgow's oldest merchant families. Not only that but Ran has inherited Newton Hall a vast mansion that belonged to his great-uncle who appears to have been watching from afar as his estranged great-nephew has grown up. Entering his new-found home he finds that Great-Uncle Fitzpatrick has turned it into a temple to the written word - the perfect place for poet Ran. But everything is not as it seems. As he explores the Hall's endless corridors Ran's grasp on reality appears to be loosening. And then he comes across an ancient lift; and in that lift a mirror. And in the mirror ... the reflection of a woman ... A terrifying psychological thriller with more than a hint of the Gothic House of Spines is a love letter to the power of books and an exploration of how lust and betrayal can be deadly...
language: English
title: House of Spines
publisher: Orenda Books