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The Winter People

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The Winter People

By: Jennifer McMahon
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Kathe Mazur
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 The New York Times bestselling author of Promise Not to Tell returns with a simmering literary thriller about ghostly secrets, dark choices, and the unbreakable bond between mothers and daughters . . . sometimes too unbreakable.

West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in the field behind her house just months after the tragic death of her daughter, Gertie. Now, in present day, nineteen-year-old Ruthie lives in Sara's farmhouse with her mother, Alice, and her younger sister, Fawn. Alice has always insisted that they live off the grid, a decision that suddenly proves perilous when Ruthie wakes up one morning to find that Alice has vanished without a trace. Searching for clues, she is startled to find a copy of Sara Harrison Shea's diary hidden beneath the floorboards of her mother's bedroom. As Ruthie gets sucked deeper into the mystery of Sara's fate, she discovers that she's not the only person who's desperately looking for someone that they've lost. But she may be the only one who can stop history from repeating itself. Ghosts Historical Fiction Horror Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Haunted Scary Fiction Detective
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it takes a while to get going but once it does its brilliant. would definitely recommend

creepy but brilliant

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I absolutely loved this book! Great storytelling unfolding. Reminiscent of old fairy tales and folklore. I could imagine being in the woods and the old farm. It was really creepy too. Unnerving. Will read more from this author.

Very atmospheric and creepy. I had to turn the light on listening in bed

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As soon as I listened to the sample I knew I'd love this audiobook.
This was right up my street. Great story and wonderfully put together.
Highly recommended.

Superb

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Downloaded after a recommendation that this was a horror and would have you gripped.
Sadly, it wasn’t for me. I keep listening in case & in the hope it got better. There were moments I thought yes, finally, this is good and then we’d begin a new chapter and start all over again. 🙄

Wasn’t for me

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This was my first Jennifer McMahon book and it was an instant favourite. She not only captures the more instinctive aspects of horror - the spooky sense-driven goosebumpy atmosphere- but the story taps into very primal ideas of right and wrong. And by that I mean, I felt the injustices and rooted for them to be righted like they had been done to me.

I cared about what happened to every single character. In some books that have two timelines I find myself skimming through one to get to the other, but somehow this had me gripped for every single moment.

The narrator was utterly brilliant. She fit the voices seamlessly and was very pleasant to listen to.

I have since listened to every one of the books of hers I could find on Audible. Sadly they’re not all there, but I await more.

My new favourite horror author

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