''The Killing House'' is a 1997

thriller novel Thriller is a genre of fiction, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety. Su ...

. It is the final novel of the British writer

Derek Lambert Derek (William) Lambert (10 October 1929 – 10 April 2001) was educated at Epsom College and was both an author of thrillers in his own name, writing also as Richard Falkirk, and a journalist. As a foreign correspondent for the ''Daily Expres ...

and features a plot set against the backdrop of the Northern Irish peace process.Burton p.233

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Bibliography

* Burton, Alan. ''Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. 1997 British novels Novels by Derek Lambert British thriller novels {{1990s-thriller-novel-stub