This is a book that is going to be a bit like marmite, you will either love the weirdness and mild horror/gothic thriller feel to it or you will think it is too out there and hate it. The plot is very twisty and you have to stay with it.

The cat has plenty to say and is very wise. I was a little surprised to see chapters from the POV of Ted’s cat at the beginning and didn’t think they would work in a book like this, but I was so wrong. The atmosphere radiates from the pages and the writing draws you into the strange and unusual life of Ted and yet it is so intriguing. And an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street. At one point, I thought things came together too easily. 10,122 reviews This is the story of a serial killer. One character wants out of the grim house at the of Needless Street, another wants desperately to keep everyone in, plus a few new kidnapped victims, while another lives in a total delusion blissfully unaware of the chaos.She is determined to find out who took Lulu and Ted was one of the original suspects, though his house was searched and nothing turned up and he had an alibi, but that won’t stop her delving deeper. The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (Goodreads Author) 3.86 Not long after her disappearance Dee’s mother left and then her father died and so she has been all alone since her teenage years. It’s the kind of book you know practically nothing about before you start it and that’s. It’s eerie and strange, with a haunting atmosphere. We also meet Dee whose younger sister Lulu went missing when she was a child from a day at the lakes. I love horror books even when it isn’t spooky season, but reading The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward during the fall just felt right.

She causes so much noise and mess and hates the cat, which in turn hates her too. Ted lives alone in the house on Needless Street, except for his cat and when his daughter Lauren comes to visit. Told from various viewpoints, including a cat called Olivia, The Last House on Needless Street is a chilling and at times disturbing story of a recluse called Ted who has mental health issues and has periods of time he doesn’t remember.

The house on needless street review