The Darkling

Name: The Darkling
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: R. B. Chesterton
ISBN: 9781620649664

Author: R. B. Chesterton

Narrator: Meredith Mitchell

Unabridged: 12 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 04/15/2013

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

In the 1940s Coden, Alabama, was a hideaway for movie stars—an isolated playground tucked among live oaks and placid bay waters where pleasure and vice could be indulged. By the summer of 1974, Coden's glamour has faded, but it doesn't bother Mimi Bosarge, who is just happy to have a job as a live-in tutor with the wealthiest family in town, the Hendersons. When the Hendersons generously open their arms to Annie, a troubled teenager with no recollection of her past, Mimi's greatest concern is creating a curriculum for the family's new ward. But it soon becomes obvious that something is wrong. Annie seems suspiciously savvy for her young age, and Mimi can't quell the unnerving sense that there is something malicious about the waiflike beauty.

About R. B. Chesterton

Carolyn Haines (a.k.a. R. B. Chesterton) is the author of about twenty novels, including the acclaimed Sarah Booth Delaney mystery series. She was honored with the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence and the Harper Lee Award. Born and raised in Mississippi, she now lives on a farm in Alabama.

About Meredith Mitchell

Meredith Mitchell is an actress who has performed in such films as Mona Lisa Smile and The Reunion, on stage with Shakespeare & Company and the New Repertory Theatre, and on television on Good Morning America. She received her BA in psychology from Emory University and her MFA in acting from Brandeis University.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa on September 28, 2024

Meh…........more

Goodreads review by Blair on July 09, 2015

It's the summer of 1974 and very little is happening in the backwater of Coden, Alabama. So when a wealthy, good-looking Californian family called the Hendersons come to town, they cause quite a stir, and Mimi - an intelligent, hardworking and reserved local girl - is delighted to be employed as tut......more

Goodreads review by Carol - Reading Writing and Riesling on April 22, 2013

My View: This novel is best read late at night, or around a camp fire or when snuggled up safe and warm in bed. It is horror story reminiscent of Rebecca by English author Daphne du Maurier, first published in 1938. Anyone who has read Rebecca (no matter how long ago they read the novel) will be able......more

Goodreads review by Natasha on June 25, 2014

The Darkling is haunting, unique and beautifully told. With edge-of-your-seat tension, a shocking twist about the main characters Mimi and Annie, and a surprise ending, it has all the twists and turns a great horror should have. The book touches on questions of sanity and the unseen, keeping the rea......more

Goodreads review by Carrie on April 08, 2013

The Darkling by R. B. Chesterton is, in short, and excellent piece of fiction. Set in southern Alabama, this novel combines the allure of a graceful Southern Gothic with the page-turning drive of a suspense. Full of anticipation and suspense, this book is simply terrifying in a Hitchcock sort of way......more

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“A gem of a gothic thriller. You’ll be enthralled by this tale of lies and deceit until the last page and beyond. Each character is carefully wrought with the plot’s development in mind. A winner!” RT Book Reviews (4½ stars)