The Vanishing
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Narrated by:
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Xe Sands
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Wendy Webb
About this listen
Recently widowed and rendered penniless by her Ponzi-scheming husband, Julia Bishop is eager to start anew. So when a stranger appears on her doorstep with a job offer, she finds herself accepting the mysterious yet unique position: caretaker to his mother, Amaris Sinclair, the famous and rather eccentric horror novelist whom Julia has always admired...and who the world believes is dead.
When she arrives at the Sinclairs' enormous estate on Lake Superior, Julia begins to suspect that there may be sinister undercurrents to her "too-good-to-be-true" position. As Julia delves into the reasons of why Amaris chose to abandon her successful writing career and withdraw from the public eye, her search leads to unsettling connections to her own family tree, making her wonder why she really was invited to Havenwood in the first place, and what monstrous secrets are still held prisoner within its walls.
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- Dee L
- 21-01-2023
Wonderfully creepy
I really loved this book! The ending really got to me because I suspected something along those lines all the way through and the author is soooo clever, because we are left with enough uncertainty to make us think of endless possibilities. Read really well too.
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- Amanda M.
- 25-10-2024
Couldn't finish it
I didn't like. I thought it was more interesting, but I had to stop listening to it eventually as it wasn't going anywhere. Too slow and the story is not captivating. I lost interest halfway through in discovering how it ends.
That's my opinion though. Someone else might like it. I also found the voice irritating.
Not for me overall.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-02-2024
Excruciating listen
The plot and storyline were implausible and very weak, notwithstanding that the subject matter is fantasy-based. It was plodding and repetitive and whilst I persevered in the hope that it could only improve, the ending was underwhelming and a complete letdown. I wished I had stopped after the first chapter. The narrator's voice was hard to listen to and frankly irritated me, although she probably did the best she could. The characters were not believable and I found myself wondering why they were all so stupid. I wouldn't bother with this one.
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