'Layers of secrets are gradually peeled back in this brilliantly absorbing tale.' Marion Todd, author of "Old Bones Lie"

In 1959, wide-eyed housemaid Milly arrives at the grand Rutherford House and is enthralled by its enigmatic mistress, Vivienne Rutherford-Percy. But beneath the sweeping staircase and watchful portraits lies a chilling legacy of privilege, obsession, and unspeakable tragedy. As Milly’s entanglement with the house and its family grows, one fateful night changes the estate forever…

Decades later, psychiatric nurse Christie cares for Lillian Percy, Rutherford House’s reclusive and haunted heiress. Both grieve their absent mothers and form an uneasy bond. But as Christie uncovers threads tying her own loss to the dark secrets of the Rutherford-Percy home, the past and the present converge in a harrowing spiral of betrayal and fractured loyalties.

"The Shadows of Rutherford House" is a gothic dual-timeline psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Kate Morton’s sweeping multigenerational mysteries and Riley Sager’s locked-room suspense.

CE Rose is the pen name of Caroline England, the author of psychological thrillers "Beneath the Skin", "My Husband’s Lies", "Betray Her" and "The Return of Frankie Whittle". As CE Rose, Caroline has written gothic-tinged domestic suspense novels, "The House of Hidden Secrets" and "The House on the Water’s Edge".

‘An absorbing tale of dark family secrets…It holds the reader in suspense with an intricately woven plot’ Heather Burnside, author of Guilt

‘An absolutely riveting multi-generational drama with gasp-out-loud twists I never saw coming!’ J.M. Hewitt, author of The Life She Wants

‘A gripping gothic thriller with a compelling cast of characters’ Stephanie Sowden, author of After Everything You Did

'The secrets and twists of this intriguing tale kept me turning the pages well into the night.' Amanda Brittany, author of I’m Watching You

‘I flew through this book, which hits the spot perfectly for

the colder, darker nights. A moody Yorkshire mystery in which I pictured a lot of the men as modern day Heathcliffs and Rutherford House as a twentieth-century Wuthering Heights, I couldn’t put it down.’ Caroline Corcoran, author of What Happened on Floor 34?

'Atmospheric, with a cast of creepy characters' Stephen Edger, author of The Prodigal Mother

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