The Face of Clara Morgan

De: J.A. Baker

Narrado por: Deidre Rubenstein

The Face of Clara Morgan is a gripping and chilling psychological suspense thriller from international best-selling author J. A. Baker.

What happens when the past and the present collide?

Dominic Rose, a bachelor and teacher, has an antiquated hobby. He studies physiognomy, the art of judging somebody's character by their facial features and expressions. Living in a cottage at the edge of the woods with his frail, bedridden mother, he has spent decades pining after Clara, the love of his life, who vanished while staying with her grandparents.

When Kate Winston and her family move to North Yorkshire, it sets in motion a chain of events that will alter the lives of those involved forever.

Kate’s son, Alexander, makes friends with Dane, a local boy who has a reputation for being difficult. Soon Alexander is being led astray. Then they turn their attentions to their fragile teacher Dominic.

The boys are going to learn that actions have consequences....

©2021 J. A. Baker (P)2021 Bolinda Publishing

The narrator…

I actually tried to return this book after enduring a few chapters with this narrator but couldn’t so had to stick it out. The pace, plot and arch of the story were all pretty good but the narrator nearly tanks all of that. She sounds so overwrought through the ENTIRE book. Regardless of the scene action, the character sounds utterly distressed which is exhausting. If this was a tactic to force the listener to either fully attend or completely disregard the content of the story then it worked. Because the tone is so monotonous and unvaried you have to really focus on what’s happening and being said because there’s no contextual inklings like changes in pace, feeling or emphasis. If you can get past that, then I think you’ll find the plot has some interesting and unexpected twists, especially considering the beginning of the book is a peak at the event around which the whole book is focused.