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Solace House

By: Will Maclean
Narrated by: Sebastian Humphreys, Greg Wagland
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Summer, 1993, and university student Alex Lane finds himself at the end of the summer term, broke and without plans. When offered the chance to join students – including beautiful, mercurial Ella – clearing out Solace House, a Victorian residence left by reclusive hoarder Edwin Flayne, he accepts. Initially the house seems ordinary, if slightly mad. But sorting through junk, they discover Flayne’s journals detailing his obsession with his missing mother, his discovery of strange place Bewise, and his belief in another parallel realm, with coded instructions for reaching it. One of the students becomes increasingly obsessed with the house’s secrets and gaining forbidden knowledge – assuming they’re willing to sacrifice everything and everyone.©2026 Will Maclean (P)2026 Atlantic Books & W. F. Howes Ltd Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological
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Really well-narrated. The book was exactly as described: a kind of slowly unfolding horror, combined with Donna Tartt’s The Secret History.
It was a little too slow for me in parts and also I wasn’t sure the jeopardy was there enough for me but it’s an easy listen and there are really clever bits. I think the mushrooms lessened the impact somewhat (for me personally)

Exactly as described

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I really loved this. The narration is excellent with each character a distinct voice. It's properly spooky, a bit mind boggling and I listened to it almost non-stop. I've not been as lost in a story for quite a while. Highly recommended.

Superb

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An excellent book in many ways, but the end just didn’t quite work for me. Still enjoyed the journey though!

Over complicated towards end

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I really enjoyed this novel. It had me intrigued and engaged from start to end. Complete escapism.

Intelligent & Spellbinding

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Struggled to get to the end and which I stopped listening earlier. Might be more interesting if you’d taken some magic mushrooms as large chunks of the book relate to but not for me

Over long and pretentious

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