The Orphan Choir

Name: The Orphan Choir
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Sophie Hannah
ISBN: 9781629233789

Author: Sophie Hannah

Narrator: Rebecca Shelbourn-Timm

Unabridged: 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Published: 01/28/2014

Categories: Fiction, Horror

Synopsis

Louise has no reason left to stay in the city. She can't see her son, Joseph, who is away at boarding school, where he performs in a prestigious boys' choir. Her troublesome neighbor has begun blasting choral music at all hours of the night - and to make matters worse, she's the only one who can hear it. Hoping to find some peace, Louise convinces her husband to buy a country house in an idyllic community called Swallowfield. But it seems that the haunting melodies have followed her there. Growing desperate, she begins to worry about her mental health. Against the pleas and growing disquiet of her husband, Louise starts to suspect that this sinister choir is not only real but a warning.

About Sophie Hannah

Sophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling writer of psychological crime fiction, published in forty-nine languages and fifty-one territories. Her thrillers are award-winning and have been adapted for television. Her poetry has been studied across the UK and has been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Award. How to Hold a Grudge is Sophie’s first nonfiction book.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Blair

I'm becoming quite the expert on these Hammer horror novellas: first The Greatcoat, then The Daylight Gate, then The Quickening, and now this. The Orphan Choir is narrated by Louise Beeston, the mother of seven-year-old Joseph, who has won a much-coveted place in the choir of Saviour College School.......more

Goodreads review by Matthew

This is the first book in years that has physically infuriated me. It gets 2 stars only because the protagonist gets what I wanted her to get at the end. This is the story of Louise Beeston, contender for most annoying mother of the year, who is plagued by a neighbour who plays loud music a few times......more

Goodreads review by Claire

I read several women's magazines that said that this was 'utterly scary' and 'will keep you up all night'. It's not - and it didn't. Louise is unlikeable - so self absorbed and conceited that I didn't really care about what happened to her. Not for me at all - I'm just glad I got it on offer, and not p......more

Goodreads review by Bill

This ghost story is built around Anglican ritual, specifically choral evensong, the sung version of the service of evening prayer according to the traditional Book of Common Prayer, as it would be observed in the chapel of a Cambridge college. The college here is called Saviour. It boasts an excelle......more