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The Telling

By: Alexandra Sirowy
Narrated by: Madeleine Maby
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 A “haunting…addictive” (Publishers Weekly) novel about a teen who must delve into her past if she wants to live long enough to have a future when murders eerily similar to the dark stories her brother used to tell start happening in her hometown—now with updated text and a brand-new look!

You swore on summer.

Ben was Lana’s world. He was her big brother, her best friend, her summer. And then he was murdered in a grisly carjacking, and her world ended.

Now, six months after Ben’s death, Lana is trying to reinvent herself. She’s found her way into the inner circle of popular kids, and the Lana she is now—bold, daring, brash, adventurous—barely resembles the shy, unpopular Lana she used to be.

And then a body turns up. At first, everyone thinks it’s just a horrible accident. But when more corpses are discovered, Lana realizes the details of the murders eerily match the dark fairy tales Ben used to tell her—stories that only she and Ben knew.

Is Ben seeking vengeance from the grave? Or has a darker phantom from their past come to haunt Lana’s present? Death & Dying Difficult Situations Family & Relationships Friendship Literature & Fiction Mysteries Mysteries & Detectives Mystery & Suspense Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Thrillers & Suspense Fiction Crime Murder
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I was asked to read this book for a book club, it wasn’t right up my alley but I was ready to give it a go. Sadly the book did nothing for me and I didn’t get a chance to finish.

However the audible narrator did a fantastic job.

Great narration, weak plot

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