I always feel vindicated, @knittedsloth when someone enjoys a book that I like! And I'm right there with you on 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle'. I hope that you don't have to wait too long for 'The Haunting of Hill House'. Interestingly (well, to me, anyway), I've just bought a work of memoir by Shirley Jackson - 'Life Among the Savages' which is described as 'caustically funny'. I had no idea, until last week, that she wrote such things, and I find it hard to imagine, but looking forward to it.
And I couldn't agree more, @knittedsloth that a good reader can elevate an audiobook. The reverse is also true and a bad reader can ruin a perfectly good book. I love a good audiobook and that's usually where I indulge my trashy thriller and the odd bit of chicklit habit. That said, I'm currently listening to 'The Black Death' by Thomas Asbridge which is excellent. It also reminds me that audiobooks are a much cheaper and lighter way to enjoy expensive, heavy (I mean that literally) tomes.
I enjoyed 'Solace House' very much, and it did, indeed, have echoes of both '...Hill House' and of 'The Secret History'. Nicely written (I learnt a new word!), nicely paced, pleasingly bamboozling in places.
Currently reading 'Raveheart' by Graeme Armstrong. It's quite hard to describe - speculative fiction against a backdrop of rave music/culture, all set in - and written in the language of - North Lanarkshire. Graeme Armstrong has a lovely turn of phrase but I think some people might find the language a bit off-putting. Still, it worked with Irvine Welsh, so I hope that, where necessary, people are prepared to work a little bit harder than usual on the language. He seems like a thoroughly decent bloke too, and has done a lot of work in schools after his last book on gangs.