The Boy at the Keyhole Audiobook Summary
“A fiendishly efficient, gorgeously written, nasty little thrill ride of a psychological thriller. I couldn’t put it down, and it’s entirely possible that I’ll never sleep again. A true tour-de-force of a debut novel.”–Lyndsay Faye, author of The Gods of Gotham and Jane Steele
For fans of Shirley Jackson, Sarah Waters and Daphne du Maurier, an electrifying debut about a boy left alone in his family’s English estate with a housekeeper he suspects has murdered his mother
Nine-year-old Samuel lives alone in a once-great estate in Surrey with the family’s housekeeper, Ruth. His father is dead and his mother has been abroad for months, purportedly tending to her late husband’s faltering business. She left in a hurry one night while Samuel was sleeping and did not say goodbye.
Beyond her sporadic postcards, Samuel hears nothing from his mother. He misses her dearly and maps her journey in an atlas he finds in her study. Samuel’s life is otherwise regulated by Ruth, who runs the house with an iron fist. Only she and Samuel know how brutally she enforces order.
As rumors in town begin to swirl, Samuel wonders whether something more sinister is afoot. Perhaps his mother did not leave but was murdered–by Ruth.
Artful, haunting and hurtling toward a psychological showdown, The Boy at the Keyhole is an incandescent debut about the precarious dance between truth and perception, and the shocking acts that occur behind closed doors.
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The Boy at the Keyhole Audiobook Narrator
Joel Froomkin is the narrator of The Boy at the Keyhole audiobook that was written by Stephen Giles
Stephen Giles is the author behind the Ivy Pocket children's series, which has been translated into twenty-five languages. He lives in Australia. The Boy at the Keyhole is his first work for adults.
About the Author(s) of The Boy at the Keyhole
Stephen Giles is the author of The Boy at the Keyhole
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The Boy at the Keyhole Full Details
Narrator | Joel Froomkin |
Length | 6 hours 49 minutes |
Author | Stephen Giles |
Category | |
Publisher | Harlequin Audio |
Release date | September 04, 2018 |
ISBN | 9781488205170 |
Additional info
The publisher of the The Boy at the Keyhole is Harlequin Audio. The imprint is Harlequin Audio. It is supplied by Harlequin Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781488205170.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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