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The House at Hanger Hill
  • Published: 23 February 2027
  • ISBN: 9781761358456
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $34.99

The House at Hanger Hill

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23 Feb 2027
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23 Feb 2027
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A searing debut suspense novel about a house with a history that haunts the generations of women who have lived there, for fans of Paula Hawkins and Gillian Flynn.

For as long as Betty can remember, 43 Hanger Hill has been more than just a house: it’s a place haunted by whispers. Some of the rumours are vague. Others disturbingly specific . . .

On Betty’s eighteenth birthday, she asks her strange, reclusive mother to tell the real story of what happened all those years ago.

Her mother was a young woman, reeling from the suicide of her grandmother, when she inherited the family home. Along with her boyfriend, she throws herself into renovating the house, convinced the project will ease her debilitating grief. Instead, she finds herself increasingly isolated and paranoid.

As her mother spins her story, Betty evades questions from the police officer who insists that the case of the deaths at Hanger Hill should be reopened.

When Betty discovers her great-grandmother’s diaries, she is forced to face a terrible truth at the heart of her family . . .


'Mounser had me in the palm of her hand until the very end, when all the pieces fell into place and I went straight back to the beginning to read all over again. This is gothic suspense at its deliciously diabolical best.' Anna Downes, author of Red River Road
'Unsettling, mysterious and addictive — everything I love in a thriller. The House at Hanger Hill is an expertly crafted unravelling of the lies we tell ourselves and others. Mounser nails tension and keeps you guessing until the last line.' Laura McCluskey, author of The Wolf Tree

'Devastating and sinister ... a superbly complex novel brimming with dark secrets and stunning revelations. It takes readers into a psychological maze that had me absorbed from the intriguing beginning to its wildly unpredictable conclusion.' Lyn Yeowart, author of The Silent Listener

'Ashleigh Mounser's horror-tinged psychological thriller drips with creeping, twisty dread. It will slither under your skin and absorb your thoughts until you discover every last secret. I loved it.' Ashley Kalagian Blunt, author of Dark Mode

'The House at Hanger Hill is a compulsively readable gothic thriller that evokes the spirit of Shirley Jackson—rich, twisty, and wonderfully spooky.' Dan Chaon, author of One of Us
'An accomplished, genuinely chilling debut.' Ashley Winstead, author of Hot Girl Murder Club
'Delightfully unsettling. The sort of tale that seeps into your bones and refuses to let go. Mounser excels in creating unease bubbling under the surface of the mundane. I loved every moment.' Kristi DeMeester, author of Dark Sisters and Such a Pretty Smile
  • Published: 23 February 2027
  • ISBN: 9781761358456
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $34.99
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About the author

Ashleigh Mounser

Ashleigh Mounser is an Australian writer who has been published across print and media. In 2016, Mounser graduated as a Dean's Scholar with a Bachelor of Creative Writing from the University of Wollongong and later completed a Graduate Certificate in Screenwriting at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. She was Sydney Morning Herald’s Young Writer of the Year and recipient of three arts grants from the Bouddi Foundation for the Arts, presented by John Bell. Her debut feature film Questions and Comments premiered at festivals across Europe, America and South Africa and has received numerous laurels. Her first middle grade novel, How To Be Cooler Than The Moon, was released with Ford Street Publishing in October 2023. The House at Hanger Hill, released simultaneously in the US, UK and Australia, is her first adult novel.
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Praise for The House at Hanger Hill

Unsettling, mysterious and addictive — everything I love in a thriller. The House at Hanger Hill is an expertly crafted unravelling of the lies we tell ourselves and others. Mounser nails tension and keeps you guessing until the last line.

Laura McCluskey, author of THE WOLF TREE

The House at Hanger Hill is a supremely unnerving labyrinth of a debut, from a writer who knows exactly what she’s doing. Mounser had me in the palm of her hand until the very end, when all the pieces fell into place and I went straight back to the beginning to read all over again. This is gothic suspense at its deliciously diabolical best.

Anna Downes, author of RED RIVER ROAD

Ashleigh Mounser's horror-tinged psychological thriller drips with creeping, twisty dread. It will slither under your skin and absorb your thoughts until you discover every last secret. I loved it.

Ashley Kalagian Blunt, author of DARK MODE

Devastating and sinister, The House at Hanger Hill is a superbly complex novel brimming with dark secrets and stunning revelations. With its clever layering of time, characters and multiple stories, it takes readers into a psychological maze that had me absorbed from the intriguing beginning to its wildly unpredictable conclusion.

Lyn Yeowart, author of THE SILENT LISTENER

Delightfully unsettling. The sort of tale that seeps into your bones and refuses to let go. Mounser excels in creating unease bubbling under the surface of the mundane. I loved every moment.

Kristi DeMeester, author of SUCH A PRETTY SMILE

The House at Hanger Hill is a compulsively readable gothic thriller that evokes the spirit of Shirley Jackson—rich, twisty, and wonderfully spooky.

Dan Chaon, author of ONE OF US

In this richly evocative, atmospheric take on the haunted house as an enduring site of family trauma, Mounser excels at creating an atmosphere of mounting dread. The isolation and creeping threat of the supernatural are unnerving enough to chill even the most devoted horror readers—but, like the best of Shirley Jackson and Stephen King, Mounser’s modern Australian gothic knows that the true terror within every haunted house lies not in its ghosts, but in the unexplored recesses of its characters’ minds. An accomplished, genuinely chilling debut.

Ashley Winstead, author of HOT GIRL MURDER CLUB