Book #19: House with No Doors by Jeff Noon
House with No Doors: A creepy and atmospheric psychological thriller by Jeff Noon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Gothic mystery set in 1981, revolving around Detective Henry Hobbes. Hobbes is a complex character, said to have a scarred face, who has split up from his wife.
At first the case looks straightforward, but an investigation of the house reveals several identical dresses, all cut in the same place, and what appears to be the grave of the mysterious "Adeline", and inevitably the case leads to a murder.
I really enjoyed this book, as it revealed the disturbing and twisted secrets of the dead man's family, and it put me in mind of writers like Edgar Allen Poe and Shirley Jackson.
I noticed that Jeff Noon has written other books about Henry Hobbes, and I should mske sure I read them at some point because this books hinted at some more complex plot arcs, involving his son, and a case involving police corruption from 1962, when Hobbes first met his ex wife.
I have been meaning to read more of Jeff Noon's books for a long time.
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