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The Caretaker

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The Caretaker

By: Marcus Kliewer
Narrated by: Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Corey Brill
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Follow the Rites...

Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake.

From Marcus Kliewer, a new “titan of the macabre and unsettling” (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), comes an eerie supernatural horror about a young woman who accepts a caretaking job from Craigslist, only to discover the position has consequences far greater—and more dangerous—than she ever could have imagined.

EXCITING OPPORTUNITY:
Caretaker urgently needed. Three days of work. Competitive pay. Serious applicants ONLY.

Macy Mullins can’t say why the job posting grabbed her attention—it had the pull of a fisherman’s lure, barbed hook and all—vaguely ominous. But after an endless string of failed job interviews, she's not exactly in the position to be picky. She has rent to pay, groceries to buy, and a younger sister to provide for.

Besides, it’s only three days’ work…

Three days, cooped up in a stranger’s house, surrounded by Oregon Coast wilderness.

What starts as a peculiar side gig soon becomes a waking nightmare. An incomprehensible evil may dwell on this property—and Macy Mullins might just be the only thing standing between it, and the rest of humanity.

Follow the Rites...

Follow the Rites...

Follow the Rites...

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Creepy story and well written but the female narrator's drawl and odd intonation was so off putting i had to stop listening and return to the real book

Horrendous narrator

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Absolutely amazing, well worth the wait. This novel is set in the same universe as “we used to live here” but it can also be read as a stand alone novel.

Uniquely amazing

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I really enjoyed we used to live here which I think is a book people either love it hate. so coming off that book I thought this could be good... the premise is excellent , the setup is very nice and it starts out well. but then it fades into a whole lot of nothing, it's quite boring and not much actually happens. I would not recommend

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