Solace House

In Solace House by Alex Lane, a broke uni student limping into summer 1993 takes a cash-in-hand job clearing out a vast Victorian mansion left to the university by Flayne, a reclusive hoarder. It’s the sort of literary mystery with a slow-building sense of dread, where friendship and curiosity turn out to be risky currencies.

Among the dusty rooms and towering piles of junk, Alex and the sharp, mercurial Ella uncover Flayne’s journals: fragmented, coded, and fixated on his missing mother. They speak of Bewise, a strange place that may be more than a metaphor, and of a parallel realm that can be reached—if the rules can be deciphered.

As the clean-out continues, fascination turns to fixation, and the house starts to feel less like a job and more like a trap.

Perfect for readers who love dark academia, occult secrets, and unsettling, character-driven suspense—add it to your cart and step inside.