The Last House on Needless Street

By: Catriona Ward

Narrated by: Christopher Ragland

"The buzz...is real. I've read it and was blown away. It's a true nerve-shredder that keeps its mind-blowing secrets to the very end." (Stephen King)

Catriona Ward's The Last House on Needless Street is a shocking and immersive listen perfect for fans of Gone Girl and The Haunting of Hill House.

“The new face of literary dark fiction.” (Sarah Pinborough, New York Times best-selling author of Behind Her Eyes)

In a boarded-up house on a dead-end street at the edge of the wild Washington woods lives a family of three.

A teenage girl who isn’t allowed outside, not after last time.

A man who drinks alone in front of his TV, trying to ignore the gaps in his memory.

And a house cat who loves napping and reading the Bible.

An unspeakable secret binds them together, but when a new neighbor moves in next door, what is buried out among the birch trees may come back to haunt them all.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire

“A chilling and beautiful masterpiece of suspense.” (Joe Hill, New York Times best-selling author of NOS4A2)

©2021 Catriona Ward (P)2021 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

An Indie Next Pick!
A LibraryReads Top 10 Pick!
A Library Journal Editors' Pick! STARRED reviews from Library Journal and Publishers Weekly!
One of Bustle's "Most Anticipated Books of September"

“The buzz building around Catriona Ward's The Last House on Needless Street is real. I've read it and was blown away. It's a true nerve-shredder that keeps its mind-blowing secrets to the very end. Haven't read anything this exciting since Gone Girl.” —Stephen King

“Sensational….I can’t recall another novel in recent years that dares so much and succeeds so wildly.” —A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window

“A chilling and beautiful masterpiece of suspense, cunningly plotted and written with the elegant imagination of a Shirley Jackson or a Sarah Waters. I was completely enthralled.” —Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman

Wow! What a great book. Amazing narration!!!

I said it all in the title… but I’ll say it again: this is a fantastic book with an incredible narrator. The first time his voice switched characters, I mused, “Huh, I didn’t know this was a full-cast production…” then I realized it WASN’T, and was extremely impressed. Even if the book hadn’t been super interesting and mysterious (which it is!), I would have listened to the end just for the amazing narration. Highly recommended.

Not What I Was Expecting…It Surpassed

Not many books can grab me from the beginning and have such a tight grip on me until the end…The Last House on Needless Street Dior just that. And did it easily. Ted was a character you loved to hate and then hated not to love. I learned so much while reading this book and found out a lot more about the struggles and suffering others can endure but intimately survive. This was a thriller in every sense of the word but it was also an awakening. I highly recommend this book to everyone who loves a great ending. Well done Catriona Ward! ☺️📖⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I made it to the end.

This is not scary or thrilling. Slow paced and no pay off. Most readers will know what’s going on quickly and the ending is awful. It’s not a story to enjoy it’s a lesson the author wants to impart…. I just wish this wasn’t hidden under this category.

great listen

took me a little while to get used to the narration but it ended up working really well and was a great story line with a great twists at the end.

What…

I won’t say it was a bad book but it wasn’t what I was expecting. I found it confusing mostly up until the end. Maybe it was just me. The narrator was good.