I found it difficult to get into this book at first, mainly due to the quick changes in perspective but about 10% of the way in I, was hooked. The short chapters helped me whizz through it and I read the last 50% in one sitting. The story felt almost dreamlike, the settings and characters were so well written. I loved the different time periods all linking together and really enjoyed the book!

This is the first novel I've read by the author and I will definitely be reading her debut novel next.
The House on Rye Lane is a stunning novel that drew me in from the first page and I was completely immersed in it over the course of 24 hours.
It's set over 3 timelines- 1843, 1994 and 2008. In 2008 Maxine and Seb purchase a Georgian townhouse to renovate, in 1994 Cookie and his family are lodgers in the attic room of the same house and in 1843 we meet Horatio who had the house built for his wife who died in mysterious circumstances.

This is a beautifully written novel with an almost dreamlike quality, it's so atmospheric with a sinister undertone that draws the reader in completely . All three timelines come together over the course of this well researched novel that also brings the house and the area of Peckham Rye and its history to life.
This is one of the best novels I've read this year and I would highly recommend it.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this digital ARC.

4+ stars

I told everyone about Allott's first book, even those who just don't read, and so I was very interested in this next one. Even more so when I read it was I an area I knew fairly well.
It's a REALLY good read.
The whole time it has that feeling that something else is going on, just out of reach.
Set over three timelines, it wavers from a little bit unsettling, to a bit creepy, to downright sinister.
Yet, still managed to teach me a thing or two about the river Peck.

I know for sure I'm going to be buying this book a few times, and telling those non reading friends about it. 😁

Set over three time zones the storyline is creepy and gripping. Really well written characters that i became totally absorbed in this book and flew through it. I found myself really feeling the chill of this house. My thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my copy. A wonderful five star read.