![]() ![]() Not only do these narratives help us uncover what has happened to Little Girl with Popsicle, but their distinct voices and attitudes highlight Catriona Ward’s talent for characterisation.īefore reading The Last House on Needless Street, you must banish all predictions and assumptions of the novel you’re expecting to read and focus on the book in the present. Each POV is pivotal to the mystery of the missing girl by the lake. The narrative follows four POV, Ted, Lauren, Olivia and Dee, through the form of chapters. Eleven years later and Ted is still perceived to be the prime suspect in the case. Ted Bannerman was always a prime suspect in the case but was never arrested. The plot focuses on the disappearance of Lulu, also known as Little Girl with Popsicle, eleven years ago at a lake near Ted Bannerman’s house. However what happens in this street is anything but ordinary. The Last House on Needless Street takes place in an ordinary house on an ordinary street. The Last House on Needless Street, Catriona Ward, Hardback, 400 pages, Profile Books Ltd, Waterstones, £7.49 ![]()
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