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Eye of the Beholder

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Eye of the Beholder

By: Emma Bamford
Narrated by: Jane Collingwood
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In this atmospheric psychological thriller set between the Scottish Highlands and London, a ghostwriter is drawn into a chilling mystery when her lover—believed dead—suddenly reappears in a suspenseful novel that blends gothic tension, identity twists, and slow-burn intrigue, “highly recommended for fans of Vertigo and readers who enjoy the intricately plotted novels of Ruth Ware, Sarah Pearse, and Riley Sager” (Booklist).

When Maddy Wight is hired to ghostwrite the memoir of a renowned cosmetic surgeon, she seizes the chance to rebuild her career. But at the doctor’s isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands, something feels off. The reclusive Angela Reynolds guards her secrets closely, while her enigmatic business partner, Scott, draws Maddy into an uneasy connection.

As unsettling incidents mount—objects disappearing, strange markings appearing, and a constant sense of being watched—Maddy begins to question everything around her. When tragedy strikes and Scott is reported dead, she returns to London determined to move on.

Until she sees him again.

Haunted by grief and doubt, Maddy is pulled into a twisting search for the truth. Is Scott alive—or is something far more disturbing at play?

Dark, elegant, and full of shocking turns, this literary thriller explores obsession, identity, illusion, and the dangerous allure of reinvention.
Genre Fiction Gothic Horror Literary Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Highlander Fiction Mystery

Critic Reviews

"Jane Collingwood keeps listeners in Hitchcockian suspense with this new thriller set in the world of antiaging, beauty, and murder most foul. Ghostwriter Maddy Wight understands the need to be discreet about her clients, but her latest one, Dr. Angela Reynolds, brings new meaning to the word “secrecy.” Left alone to write at Reynolds’s massive estate in the Scottish Highlands, Maddy finds herself falling in love with Reynolds’s seemingly emotionally unstable business partner, Scott. Maddy is crushed when she hears of Scott’s death—until she sees him exiting a Tube station in London. Jane Collingwood deftly moves between English, Scottish, and American accents, creating believable characters. Collingwood’s performance captures the confusion and frustration of Maddy’s quest for the truth."
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