The Girls Are Never Gone, Sarah Glenn Marsh
The Girls Are Never Gone, Sarah Glenn Marsh
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The Girls Are Never Gone

Author: Sarah Glenn Marsh

Narrator: Katie Koster

Unabridged: 10 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/07/2021


Synopsis

In this spine-tingling sapphic ghost story, a seventeen-year-old podcaster finds herself in a life-or-death struggle against an evil spirit.

“Nancy Drew meets Ghost Hunters in this queer thriller.”—Kirkus Reviews

“A deliciously creepy, turn-the-page-as-fast-as-you-can, stay-up-all-night read.”—Megan Shepherd, New York Times bestselling author of Grim Lovelies and The Madman’s Daughter

Some mysteries are better left unsolved. Some spirits are better left forgotten.

Dare Chase doesn’t believe in ghosts. Privately, she’s a supernatural skeptic. But publicly, she’s keeping her doubts to herself—because she’s the voice of Attachments, her brand-new paranormal-investigation podcast, and she needs her ghost-loving listeners to tune in.

That’s what brings her to Arrington Estate. Thirty years ago, teenager Atheleen Bell drowned in Arrington’s lake, and legend says her spirit haunts the estate. Dare’s more interested in the suspicious circumstances surrounding her death—circumstances that she believes point to a living culprit, not the supernatural. Still, she’s vowed to keep an open mind as she investigates, even if she’s pretty sure what she’ll find.

But Arrington is full of surprises. Good ones like Quinn, the cute daughter of the house’s new owner. And baffling ones like the threatening messages left scrawled in paint on Quinn’s walls, the ghastly face that appears behind Dare’s own in the mirror, and the unnatural current that nearly drowns their friend Holly in the lake. As Dare is drawn deeper into the mysteries of Arrington, she’ll have to rethink the boundaries of what is possible. Because if something is lurking in the lake . . . it might not be willing to let her go.

About Sarah Glenn Marsh

Sarah Glenn Marsh is an author who obtained her master’s degree in early-childhood education with a focus in literacy. She lives near Richmond, Virginia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gabby

There were some things I loved about this: like the fact that our main character is a bisexual, diabetic young girl who runs a spooky podcast. I LOVED how in the audiobook we could hear parts of her podcast with the creepy music, it was so cool. I really enjoyed the first 50%, but then I started los......more

Goodreads review by Sam

I saw “Sadie meets The Conjuring” and immediately started levitating. I am desperate for this.......more

Actual rating: 4.5 stars rounded up The perfect ghost story heading into fall! Dare is our bisexual heroine with type 1 diabetes and a podcast about paranormal investigation. After a breakup, she's spending the summer as an intern rehabbing a supposedly haunted historical house where a girl drowned i......more

Goodreads review by Colleen

I’ve read lots of Thrillers, especially YA Thrillers but it’s been too long since I’ve read a good old fashioned scary YA Horror. And the spectacularly spooky cover of The Girls Are Never Gone held some promise this might be the perfect book to give me some hair raising chills. Unfortunately my hair......more


Quotes

“Nancy Drew meets Ghost Hunters in this queer thriller. An utterly addictive ghost story.”—Kirkus Reviews

“A horror mystery that will keep readers guessing until the end.”—School Library Journal

“Sarah Glenn Marsh establishes a chillingly gothic atmosphere, where house and lake are as much characters as the living and the dead . . . [but] the three clever girls at the center of this unsettling narrative steal the show.”—Publisher's Weekly

“Based on the real life haunted house in the author’s family, this beautiful ghost story was impossible to put down. I felt like I had opened a doorway into an eerie, layered story that might not let me leave—and I loved it! One of Sarah Glenn Marsh’s most captivating novels yet!”—Shea Ernshaw, New York Times bestselling author of Winterwood

“A diabetic heroine solving mysteries and hunting ghosts? I couldn’t get enough! This mystery unfolds page by spooky page, ending in a twist you won’t see coming. Be prepared to sleep with the lights on!”—Alexandra Christo, author of To Kill a Kingdom

“The Girls Are Never Gone is a spine-tingling atmospheric tale that will haunt you long after the book’s final twist. Sarah Glenn Marsh can turn any ghost skeptic into a true believer; you’ll be sleeping with the lights on and avoiding all mysterious bodies of water. I dare you to wade into the murky depths and discover what spooky delights are in store.”—Astrid Scholte, internationally bestselling author of Four Dead Queens

“A breathless page-turner, this novel kept me up way too late reading! This is Sarah Glenn Marsh’s best novel yet, and once you start, you won’t be able to put it down. Just keep the lights on!”—Beth Revis, New York Times bestselling author of Across the Universe and Give the Dark My Love

“The Girls Are Never Gone is a deliciously creepy, turn-the-page-as-fast-as-you-can, stay-up-all-night read. Spine-tingling and smart. I devoured it and craved more!”—Megan Shepherd, New York Times bestselling author of Grim Lovelies and The Madman’s Daughter