TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gray, Philip 
TI  - HOUSE WITH NINE LOCKS
SN  - 9781529922943
U1  - F 
PY  - 2026///
CY  - UK
PB  - Penguin
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Historical mystery fiction
KW  - Crime fiction
N1  - In post-war Flanders, Adelais de Wolf's family is slowly, inexplicably, falling apart: her mother evermore lost to religious devotion, her father to alcohol. But with the death of a beloved uncle, Adelais finds herself in receipt of an unexpected legacy: a shuttered house in a rundown district and its contents – contents that hold the promise of independence and wealth. All that is required is application, nerve, and a willingness to break the law.

Adelais stifles her doubts and her fortunes are transformed. But with her rise comes complications: her victimless crimes may not be as victimless as she supposed. Nor has she counted on the singular fanaticism of Major de Smet of the Federal Gendarmerie, a brutal detective who never forgives and never forgets

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