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Dan Rhodes @danrhodes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Saltwater Mansions by David Whitehouse is out in paperback. Anyone who hasn't read it by midnight on Hallowe'en will turn to dust, like something out of Avengers: Infinity War.

Saltwater Mansions by David Whitehouse. Its cover photo of a tower block would make a good jacket for a different book.

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The paperback of my book SALTWATER MANSIONS is out today. It's about what happened when I discovered a woman had vanished without trace and I fell down a rabbit hole about it. I was not the only one. Buy it to use as a fan if you like. Handy link in the reply.

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The paperback of SALTWATER MANSIONS comes out on June 20th, which is soon, it's undeniable. Don’t miss this golden opportunity to get your hands on the book one recent reader took to the internet to succinctly call a “waste of time”. Nicer comments also available, as seen on cover, here.

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

A Christmas gift idea. I will come to your house on Christmas morning and read the entire thing aloud. geni.us/SaltwaterMan...

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

News of my controversial plans to celebrate my new nickname have been leaked to the Metro.

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

My book is 99p on Kindle for a limited time. What a feeling. The Telegraph said 'Genre-bending, genius . . . A superb, intoxicating book'. Please buy and read it if you can.

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

My book is 99p on Kindle for a limited time. What a feeling. The Telegraph said 'Genre-bending, genius . . . A superb, intoxicating book'. Please buy and read it if you can.

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Found some hardcore fawn in the woods.

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I’ve written a bit of TV. It’s called Intruder and stars Alan Davies and Nikki Amuka-Bird. It’ll be on later in the year. www.televisual.com/news/5-revea...

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5 reveals first four Play for Today commissions - Televisual

Following the previously announced pilot, 5 has announced today the first four commissions and casting that will form its new Play for Today slate.

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

What’s wrong babe? You’ve barely touched your Oasis live ‘25 Prosecco Supernova gourmet popcorn delicately infused with notes of apple and white blossom.

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Dr Lauren Padgett @drlaurenpadgett.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

This evening I read 'Saltwater Mansions: The Woman Who Disappeared and Other Untold Stories' by David Whitehouse. While the mystery of the woman who vanished initially intrigues you, it's the other stories of other people's lives that engross you to the end. 📚 #BookSky #SkyBook

Photo shows a high rise tower block building with an elderly man in a blue shirt looking out of one of the windows.

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Set phasers to self-promote, but I really loved this review of my book.

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Simon Pearson @anticapitalistmusings.com · 30/07/2025

At just under 200 pages, Saltwater Mansions is the perfect short holiday read. It’s a story about memory, the stories we tell, and a woman’s disappearance. 10/10. #Books #BookSky #NonFiction

Cover of the book Saltwater Mansions by David Whitehouse. The background shows the facade of a brownish tower block with reflective windows and drawn curtains, one window revealing a small figure standing inside. The title is printed in large blue capital letters, with the subtitle “The woman who disappeared and other untold stories” in smaller white text. A quote at the top reads: “A master storyteller and one of our greatest non-fiction writers” —Terri White. The book is lying on floral-patterned bedding.

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Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

The story that became Saltwater Mansions was told to David while he was in the chair at his local hairdressers. Once again, us follicly challenged authors looking for book ideas are at a distinct and unfair disadvantage. #oppressed

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

My book just got a nice big review in The Times. Best review of book they’ve ever published? Impossible to say, it’s behind a paywall. www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

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The neighbour who vanished — a Margate mystery

In Saltwater Mansions, David Whitehouse chronicles his obsession with the true story of a local woman who disappeared without a trace

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Joe McAlinden @joemcalinden.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

This book arrived in Argyll today. Very much looking forward to it @dwhitehouse.bsky.social #books #nowreading #booksky

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The Bee @beelitmag.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Saltwater Mansions: The woman who disappeared and other untold stories is in Margate during the 2010s, unfolds against the backdrop of the town’s ongoing gentrification. It’s also a moving memoir of Whitehouse’s father and his working-class upbringing in the Midlands.

The jacket of Saltwater Mansion: The woman who disappeared and other untold stories by David Whitehouse

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Dominic Nolan @dominicnolan.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

An investigation into the missing occupant of a Margate flat turns into a rumination on the many ways people can disappear from places, and how places change and themselves effectively disappear, and how these things go hand in hand with the various movements of grief. Utterly superb, essential read

Saltwater Mansions, by the incomparable David Whitehouse

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Jamie Klingler @jamieklingler.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I really enjoyed Saltwater Mansions and made me think a lot about how where we are at (in life) and what we are experiencing or mourning impacts how we digest stories and life. Was not what I was expecting, and grateful for that. David is an incredible writer.

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

A brilliant bit on an always brilliant Substack about my new book and its unexpected AI mutant spawn. Read and subscribe I say.

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

This book is absolutely incredible. If you enjoyed Birding, then I think you will love this

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Keri Warbis @keriwarbis.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I’ve just finished listening to this on Audible, narrated by the author. It’s a tremendous, touching, true tale (all the ‘t’s there…unplanned) very well told. (Ooops… another one). So very absorbing and thought provoking. I recommend that you give it a read or a listen.

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

My new book, Saltwater Mansions, is out today. It’s about how I fell down a rabbit hole, the extraordinary people I fell down it with, and why we fell down it in the first place. Please buy it if you like. Link below. Thank you. geni.us/SaltwaterMan...

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SALTWATER MANSIONS, the new book from David Whitehouse

Available 12 June 2025 in hardback, ebook and audio

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

A lovely 5 star review of my book in The Telegraph.

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Tom Noble @tomnoble.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Now THIS is a very good book indeed. It's moving, gripping and unlike anything else you'll read this year. Basically it's your classic Whitehouse read.

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

My new book is now a physical thing. They look really great. It’s a book about a woman who vanished, the people obsessed with finding her (including me), my dad, and the amazing stories in hidden lives. You can pre-order it here if you like please. geni.us/SaltwaterMan...

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Saltwater Mansions, by me, is named one of the best new books to read in June in this nice article that also claims I wrote About A Boy, which I didn't, regrettably. inews.co.uk/culture/book...

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The best new books to read in June 2025

From unputdownable sagas to moving memoirs, here are 14 top releases to enjoy this month

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

My book is out in two weeks. The self-promotional push! It begins!

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Recording my audiobook, cursing the genetics behind my fat tongue.

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

A brilliant piece from @dwhitehouse.bsky.social in The Fence, featuring this gem ‘Who was Coventry City’s FA Cup-winning goalkeeper in 1987?’, ‘Steve Ogrizovic’, she’d respond, two words they’d receive at a cost of a pound with their underpants a hammock between their knees. @thefence.bsky.social

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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

On September 11, 2001, @dwhitehouse.bsky.social was sexting hundreds of strangers.

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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Stop what you're doing and read this truly astonishing piece from @dwhitehouse.bsky.social www.the-fence.com/hold-the-phone

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Michael Holden @michaelholden.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

"Having spent a good part of the last five years moving between higher education and second hand bookshops, I did what a character in a video game based on me would resort to as a special move – I took a book off the shelf and looked it up." open.substack.com/pub/precisei...

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Some great writers have said nice things about my new book, and you can pre-order it here please. geni.us/SaltwaterMan...

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I've written a true story about how I spent 9/11 helping hundreds of terrified men to reach orgasm, in the new issue of The Fence.

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Really happy to see my book Saltwater Mansions on this knitted blanket of June’s best new non-fiction.

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David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I love Dani Garavelli's writing and the things she writes about, so I am very happy about this. 👇

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