Family Business, Jonathan Sims
Family Business, Jonathan Sims
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Family Business
A horror full of creeping dread from the mind behind Thirteen Storeys and The Magnus Archives

Author: Jonathan Sims

Narrator: Jonathan Sims, Rachel Petladwala

Unabridged: 9 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Gollancz

Published: 10/13/2022


Synopsis

A bone-chilling horror from the acclaimed writer of THIRTEEN STOREYS and hit horror podcast THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES

JUST ANOTHER DEAD-END JOB.

DEATH. IT'S A DIRTY BUSINESS.

When Diya Burman's best friend Angie dies, it feels like her own life is falling apart. Wanting a fresh start, she joins Slough & Sons - a family firm that cleans up after the recently deceased.

Old love letters. Porcelain dolls. Broken trinkets. Clearing away the remnants of other people's lives, Diya begins to see things. Horrible things. Things that get harder and harder to write off as merely her grieving imagination. All is not as it seems with the Slough family. Why won't they speak about their own recent loss? And who is the strange man that keeps turning up at their jobs?

If Diya's not careful, she might just end up getting buried under the family tree. . .

People can't look away from Family Business:

'Great horror novel that gets scarier by the page!' Netgalley reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Sims is a master of the horror genre . . . perfect for Halloween reading' Netgalley reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Very much in the style of Stephen King . . . [this story will make you] fear to turn the page. A great read' Netgalley reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

About Jonathan Sims

Jonathan Sims is a writer, performer and games designer whose work primarily focuses on the macabre, the grotesque, and the gentle touch of creeping dread. He is the mind and the voice behind acclaimed horror podcast The Magnus Archives, high octane space-cabaret The Mechanisms and some of your favourite nightmares. He lives in Walthamstow with the two best cats and an overwhelming backlog of books that he really should get round to.


Reviews

Goodreads review by jay

i just pre-ordered a dedicated and signed copy 🥰 unfortunately my signed and dedicated copy never arrived. i am inconsolable. i blame the english, french and german postal services. one of you lost it - admit it. either way. i listened to the audiobook instead but that unfortunately didn't really wor......more

Goodreads review by atria

the one (1) thing that jonny sims is gonna do is write an entire grandiose ending! i liked this book kind of less than thirteen stories (probably 'cause i miss the 'short stories culminating into an overarching plot' structure) but the last few chapters were good! i think the reveal about mr bill (le......more

Goodreads review by Louise

When Diya Burman's best friend dies, her life falls apart. She loses everything. But then she gets a new job: working at Slough and Sons, cleaning up after the recently deceased. Clearing away the remains of lost lives, Diya begins to see things. Horrible things, that can't be written off as imagina......more

Jonny Sims is one of a very small handful of authors whose work I will read (or often in his case, listen to) immediately, no questions asked, no summary needed. Jonny Sims made it, so I will consume it. This book came to me at very funny time. Funny-coincidental, not funny-haha. Like I said a momen......more

Jonny, you’ve done it again! You’ve written another anthology disguised as a novel! This one even has a main character but we can work around that by making her have visions of the deaths of other people! As a huge fan of The Magnus Archives and Jonny’s brand of horror I was unfortunately let down by......more


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A very readable, very powerful novel which drew me in and didn't let go until the terrifying end Damp Pebbles

A triumph, thriving on relatable fears, hyper-realistic dirty homes, and understandable grief. This novel has the momentum of a train with no breaks The Fantasy Hive

A great Halloween read I found difficult to put down. A realistic setting, with likeable characters and some genuinely icky and creepy moments along the way SFF World

Family Business is a story about keeping secrets and remembering loved ones, told in a plain, unfussy style whose groundedness makes the book's unfolding sense of dread all the more tangible Financial Times

I can't put into words just how cleverly written Family Business is. It completely blew me away FanFiAddict