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The Lodger

A Tale of the London Fog

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The Lodger

By: Marie Belloc Lowndes
Narrated by: Lorna Raver
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Summary

 An elderly couple living in Victorian London struggle against despair as their small resources dwindle. When an eccentric and mysterious gentleman answers their advertisement for a lodger, they celebrate. But as women begin dying at the hands of "The Avenger", they start to suspect something too horrific for words.(P)2003 Blackstone Audiobooks Anthologies & Short Stories Christian Fiction Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Horror Literary Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Scary Detective Horror Thriller Suspense
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"Lorna Raver’s performance is a tour de force. Her dexterity shifting between accents is breathtaking.... Raver’s performance, combined with Lowndes’s literate, suspenseful plot, makes this must listening." (AudioFile)
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Great voice and reading and enthralling story! I truly recommend this on a cold winter’s night…

What a lovely surprise!

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Reading other reviews I thought I wouldn’t enjoy the London based horror, read by an American but I quickly forgot her accent! If anything she had a London Birmingham mix twist to it! Not quite a Dick van Dyke put on! 🙈😂
The story itself based around one family and you don’t actually hear from the murderers part so it’s not gory. If someone had described the book to me in detail I would never have listened to it but I found myself wanting to know how they got on, were they going to be his next victims.
Sweet, light, easy and I took to the whole family - weird way to describe a horror book but there you go! Try it ;)

Really enjoyed it!

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I love these type of stories - Jack the Ripper sort of thing. This was really entertaining and I was kept guessing and wondering what carnage will befall the the family.

Victorian suspense

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I was pleasantly surprised with this book.
It took me a while to get into the story and the characters, but after a while it was a pleasure to listen to. The narrator definitely added to the overall ‘package’, and although a relatively simple period piece, the characters and mounting anxiety seeped out of the pages.

A simple, yet enjoyable listen.

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l more or less listened in one go,as it was so good. excellent . good story .

I absolutely loved this book

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