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The midnight hour : a novel / Eve Chase.
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 her mother, Maggie is drawn into a labyrinthine world of antiques and shadowy figures, far from the grand stucco terraces. There she befriends another young person living on their wits. But can he help solve the mystery of her mother's disappearance? Twenty-one years later, in a Parisian apartment, Maggie's phone rings and her hard-won grown-up life shatters. While in London, the new owner of the Parker's old Notting Hill house is excavating a basement, unaware of what might lie beneath, and the clock starts ticking on buried secrets.
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- ISBN: 9780593976234 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 303 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2024
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| General Note: | Includes a book club guide. Originally published: London : Michael Joseph, 2024. |
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| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Chase | 31681010437457 | FICTIONPBK | Checked out | 11/18/2025 |
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When her mother vanishes, seventeen-year-old Maggie navigates Londonâs hidden corners to care for her brother and uncover the truth, but decades later, a discovery beneath their former home threatens to expose the secrets she buried to build a new life. Original. - Random House, Inc.
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.
âA wonderful twisty novel of family and secretsâthe perfect summer read.ââKate 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 motherâs disappearanceâor 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 beneathâand the clock starts ticking on buried secrets.
