They begin their ceremony and absorb Edmonds' soul. Norah, to Jonah's disdain, believes they can no longer operate as they have. The twins reveal they are not members of the Anchorites, but act alone. Edmonds is lured upstairs, and has a brief encounter with the remnants of Nathan. They become intimate, but it is short-lived. The inspector and Chloe strike up a relationship, and Chloe reveals that the voices Edmonds heard are ghosts she too hears. Edmonds reveals he’s investigating the disappearance of the Bishops, who were assumed to have fled debts, but a window cleaner awakened from a coma revealed his interactions with them on the day of their disappearance. While they talk, Edmonds hears children playing but is confused to see there are none. There, he meets a widowed woman named Chloe Chetwynd. In 1988, a detective inspector, Gordon Edmonds, is investigating Slade Alley, and stumbles into the garden. The Anchorites conduct a ceremony, and feast on Nathan’s soul. This dream is quickly broken by the Grayers, who reveal themselves to be twin siblings and carnivorous Anchorites, beings who steal the souls of certain people to maintain their youth. After being invited into the house, he experiences more hallucinations before finding himself at his father's lodge in Rhodesia. Nathan begins hallucinating strange people and other visions and becomes worried that the Valium he took from his mother is having a bad effect. Nathan is quickly acquainted with her son Jonah, and the two spend the afternoon in the garden of Slade House whilst Norah Grayer entertains Nathan’s mother. In 1979, Nathan Bishop and his mother are invited to the house of the respected Lady Grayer. Set between the late seventies and the present, the novel explores the mysterious Slade House and a number of characters who are drawn to it. Slade House originated as a Twitter story which was then developed into a full novel, and is a companion to The Bone Clocks. Slade House is the seventh novel by British novelist David Mitchell.

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