The Retreat

De: Mark Edwards

Narrado por: Simon Mattacks

An Amazon Charts bestseller.

A missing child. A desperate mother. And a house full of secrets.

Two years ago, Julia lost her family in a tragic accident. Her husband drowned trying to save their daughter, Lily, in the river near their rural home. But the little girl’s body was never found—and Julia believes Lily is somehow still alive.

Alone and broke, Julia opens her house as a writers’ retreat. One of the first guests is Lucas, a horror novelist, who becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Lily. But within days of his arrival, the peace of the retreat is shattered by a series of eerie events.

When Lucas’s investigation leads him and Julia into the woods, they discover a dark secret—a secret that someone will do anything to protect...

What really happened that day by the river? Why was Lily never found? And who, or what, is haunting the retreat?

From the bestselling author of Follow You Home and The Magpies comes his most terrifying novel yet.

©2018 Mark Edwards (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

fantastic classic mystery

This was my first Mark Edwards book, and it was fantastic. The narrator was top notch, and really brought so much depth to the characters. He also did a good job with the female voices, which can be tricky. The story was a wonderful mystery that kept me wondering until the end. I highly recommend this book!

Enjoyable, Unique Story

I found the overall believability of the protagonist's thoughts and actions in this book to be refreshing. While I see the value in a story told through the eyes of an unreliable narrator, the twists and turns in this story felt more impactful and well deserved and the characters more relatable than those I have seen in many books in this genre lately. I really enjoyed this book, and listened to the entire thing in a span of time far too short for me to admit.

Just not into dinner theatre style murder mysteries

If you ARE into this genre, this is probably a fabulous book. But for me, I felt like I was listening to a slightly darker version of a “Golden Girls” episode in which they are trying to figure out ‘who done it’ at dinner. The narration was good and the writing was clever, even humorous at times, but I just couldn’t get into it. I probably should have read more reviews and book details describing the storyline before I took the slow plunge.... because it was a SLOW “plunge” before I just gave up.

Read for a rainy day.

As long as your not expecting feasibility, you'll be entertained. I wouldn't spend much money on it.

Good read

The performance by Simon was wonderful. A good mystery that keeps you listening. Perfect for a rainy day.

Love it

I have never found myself with so much hope !!! I thought I knew The Who 😄

love Mark Edwards

I have to admit that the past couple of Mark Edwards books were not my favorite, but this one was AMAZING! a year ago I devoured everything written by him and Louise Voss and this is definitely up there with my favs!

Truly enjoyed

It is my first time reading or listening to a book by Mark Edwards, however after this one I will be buying more. As an American, I was very glad to hear a voice actor from the region that the book's setting takes place.

Thriller--but not super scary!

This was a good solid listen. Not a favorite, but kept my interest. It had a few too many twists and turns, and I got lost a bit, but I liked it and would recommend it.
#suspense #thriller #plottwists #Tagsgiving #Sweepstakes

Began strong but ended weak

The begin and middle (really right up to the end) were fairly entertaining. There were some unexplained “facts”, but I held out hope it would all be explained and wrap up satisfactorily in the end. I was wrong. The last hour or so if the story really went off track and became so outlandishly implausible and illogical that it ruined the entire story. It almost became fantasy at the end. My other issue was that the lead make and female were supposed to have a suppressed romantic desire for each other, but the author did nothing to build up to their “romantic encounter” and make it believable. It was almost like that scene was thrown in as an afterthought. I will say that the author did a good job of setting the scene as a beautiful but haunted, lonely and eerie place tucked away in the Welsh woods. Other than that, this book did not even come close to hitting the mark. I was especially disappointed that it all went downhill at the end because I put so much time into listening and was expecting some satisfaction.