Palace of the Drowned, Christine Mangan
Palace of the Drowned, Christine Mangan
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Palace of the Drowned
A Novel

Author: Christine Mangan

Narrator: Emily Pennant-Rea

Unabridged: 10 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2021


Synopsis

"Emily Pennant-Rea delivers a first-rate narration of Mangan's intense novel...Pennant-Rea's subtlety and nuance keep the suspense high and the mystery edgy." -- AudioFile Magazine

From the bestselling author of Tangerine, a "taut and mesmerizing follow up...voluptuously atmospheric and surefooted at every turn” (Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife and When the Stars Go Dark).

It’s 1966 and Frankie Croy retreats to her friend’s vacant palazzo in Venice. Years have passed since the initial success of Frankie’s debut novel and she has spent her career trying to live up to the expectations. Now, after a particularly scathing review of her most recent work, alongside a very public breakdown, she needs to recharge and get re-inspired.

Then Gilly appears. A precocious young admirer eager to make friends, Gilly seems determined to insinuate herself into Frankie’s solitary life. But there’s something about the young woman that gives Frankie pause. How much of what Gilly tells her is the truth? As a series of lies and revelations emerge, the lives of these two women will be tragically altered as the catastrophic 1966 flooding of Venice ravages the city.

Suspenseful and transporting, Christine Mangan's Palace of the Drowned brings the mystery of Venice to life while delivering a twisted tale of ambition and human nature.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books

"In her taut and mesmerizing follow up to Tangerine, the preternaturally gifted Christine Mangan plunges us into another exotic and bewitchingly rendered locale...Voluptuously atmospheric and surefooted at every turn, Palace of the Drowned more than delivers on the promise of Mangan’s debut, and firmly establishes her as a writer of consequence." -- Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife and When the Stars Go Dark

"If you like your psychological suspense stories awash in atmosphere, drenched in dread, positively soaked through with sinisterness, 'Palace of the Drowned,' by Christine Mangan is for you." -- Washington Post

About Christine Mangan

Christine Mangan is the author of the national bestseller Tangerine and Palace of the Drowned. She has her Ph.D. in English from University College Dublin, with a focus on 18th-century Gothic literature, and an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Southern Maine. She lives in Detroit.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrew

I really enjoyed the way Christine Mangan brought the smells and sights of North Africa alive in her first novel Tangerine. And though I thought the book was somewhat let down by some contrived plotting, I did appreciate the way she developed interesting and believable characters. So what could she......more

Note: I received a free copy of this book. In exchange here is my honest review: This is a slow burn thriller. 😉 If you have patience, there’s quite the spin here. It reads pretty slow. 🤓 But isn’t a terrible read overall. Thank you @goodreads and @flatiron_books #goodreadsgiveaway......more

Goodreads review by Max

I'm a sucker for books with amazing settings, and I loved picturing 1960's Venice and the palace Frankie was staying in. The atmosphere matched with Mangan's beautiful writing is really what kept me turning pages until the final chapter. Palace of the Drowned is undoubtedly a slow read. Every page is......more