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The House of Ashes
- Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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The House of Ashes
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Publisher's Summary
A house built on secrets.
An old woman haunted by her past.
A young woman fighting for her life.
For Sara Keane, it was supposed to be a second chance.
A new country. A new house. A new beginning.
Then came the knock on the door.
Elderly Mary Jackson can't understand why Sara and her husband are living in her home.
She remembers the fire. She remembers the house burning down. But she also remembers the children. The children who need her. The children she must protect.
'The children will find you,' she tells Sara, because Mary knows she needs help too. As Sara becomes obsessed with what happened in that house nearly 60 years ago, and the family wiped out in one bloody night, she begins to see things. Things that can't be real.
In a story that spans six decades, the truth will not stay buried, and the ghosts of the past can never remain in the shadows....
Critic Reviews
"Chilling, compassionate and compelling, Stuart Neville takes us straight to the dark heart of rural Ireland." (Val McDermid)
"Stuart Neville writes crime fiction that is edgy, compelling and always deeply humane. This might well be his masterpiece." (Mark Billingham)
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- Anonymous User
- 05-06-2022
Not just a story, an experience!
I’m an Australian who’s become a huge fan of Irish thrillers. I’ve read Jane Casey, Dervla McTiernanan, Sam Blake, Jo Spain and Nicola White. This was my first Stuart Neville and the first book I’ve listened to without pause! Told through the eyes of several characters, it felt like I was there, experiencing the dark, isolated and seemingly inescapable existences of Sarah and the girls in their respective time zones. It doesn’t come with a happy ending, rather, it resolves naturally and with hope.
Sad, disturbing and frustrating at times, this book drags out every emotion that resides deep within one’s soul. Shocking real, even the believable supernatural elements, it left me with greater understanding and genuine empathy for victims of coercive control and forced isolation.
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