I'll Be Waiting

A Novel

By: Kelley Armstrong

Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens

Long-listed, Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year, 2024

From New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a spellbinding new tale of supernatural horror involving a haunted house, seances, lost loved ones, and a sinister spirit out for blood...

Nicola Laughton never expected to see adulthood, being diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis as a child. Then medical advances let her live into her thirties and she met Anton, who taught her to dream of a future… together. Months after they married, Anton died in a horrible car crash, but lived long enough to utter five words to her, “I’ll be waiting for you.”

That final private moment became public when someone from the crash scene took it to the press—the terminally ill woman holding her dying husband as he promised to wait for her on the other side. Worse, that person claimed it wasn’t Anton who said the words but his ghost, hovering over his body.

Since their story went public, Nicola has been hounded by spiritualists promising closure. In the hopes of stopping her downward spiral, friends and family find a reputable medium—a professor of parapsychology. For the séance, they rent the Lake Erie beach house that Anton’s family once owned.

The medium barely has time to begin his work before things start happening. Locked doors mysteriously open. Clouds of insects engulf the house. Nicola hears footsteps and voices and the creak of an old dumbwaiter…in an empty shaft. Throughout it all she’s haunted by nightmares of her past. Because, unbeknownst to the others, this isn’t her first time contacting the dead. And Nicola isn’t her real name.

That’s when she finds the first body....

In this atmospheric, thrilling new ghost story, Kelley Armstrong's full talents are on display to thrill, chill and leave the listener guessing how Nicola escapes with her life—if she can.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

©2024 Kelley Armstrong (P)2024 Macmillan Audio

Excellent

Great narrative and story, would love to find out what would happen next. I recommend this story to anyone who likes mystery and the paranormal

Good atmosphere

Otherwise it was pretty unremarkable. I think it started off fantastic - but then it just sort of fizzled out.

thrilling

it could have been great.
It compelled me from the start, captivated my attention and took me on a ride, the story telling and the sequence of events is well planted and beautifully narrated, until... the end... it fell flat. I was a tad let down by the ending. Don't get me wrong, the story is salvageable, because of everything leading up to the unveiling, but it didn't quite reach it for me. It could have been great with a different grimmer darker ending.

Kelley Armstrong Does it Again!

I'll read anything by her! This is, I believe, her second horror novel. While a little slow to get into, this book ended up being great! The characters are well developed and very likable. The story was captivating and intriguing and the conclusion kept me hanging on until the very, very end. I highly recommend this and pretty much everything else by this author!

Disappointing

Compared to Other books by the author, this one really disappointed. It took a while to get going, gave way to much background and commentary, then had a bizzar ending which was not really plot twist, but rather abrupt.

Decent mood piece

Waaay too much droning on and on by the main character. KA is one of my all time favorite authors but this was not up to her normal standard, imo. Would have been great as a short story.

not the usual storyline

I usually love Kelley's stories, this one however took a while to get into. More of a narrative and hard to follow.

common sense missing

if you like a sob story and the main character being iirrational and annoying this one's for you. I wanted the "bad guy" to win.