The Spires, Kate Moretti
The Spires, Kate Moretti
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The Spires
A Thriller

Author: Kate Moretti

Narrator: Siiri Scott

Unabridged: 11 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/21/2021

Synopsis

A troubled woman becomes consumed by a past she’s desperate to forget in this unsettling psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Year.Strung between two teenagers, an unemployed husband, and a tenuous career, Penelope Cox barely has her life together when the past comes knocking at her door. Willa Blaine, her old roommate, needs her help: refuge from an abusive husband. “Two weeks tops,” she says—but it’s not the imposition that bothers Penelope; it’s the memories Willa brings with her.Twenty years earlier, Penelope, Willa, and three friends lived together in a converted church. Insular and closed off from the rest of the world, the five roommates formed their own dysfunctional family, celebrating the pinnacle of their lives; they called themselves “the Spires.” But nights of wild parties gave way to a darker undercurrent: jealousy, resentment, unrequited love, and obsession. Tensions boiled over during a night of debauchery that ended in a deadly fire, leaving the Spires scattered and forever changed.Now Willa is the perfect houseguest: accommodating, helpful, bringing a newfound sense of excitement to the Cox household. Yet Penelope can’t help but feel the cracks in her life widen as she begins to question Willa’s motives. Everyone has secrets, it seems—and the fire may have brought down the Spires, but not everything burned was forgotten.

About Kate Moretti

Kate Moretti is the bestselling author of six novels and a novella. Her first novel, Thought I Knew You, was a New York Times bestseller. The Vanishing Year was a nominee in the Goodreads Choice Awards Mystery & Thriller category for 2016 and was called “chillingly satisfying” (Publishers Weekly) with “superb” closing twists (New York Times Book Review).Moretti has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for twenty years as a scientist and enjoys traveling and cooking. She lives in Pennsylvania in an old farmhouse with her husband, two children, and no known ghosts. Her lifelong dream is to find a secret passageway.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Meredith (Trying to catch up!) on September 02, 2021

3.5 stars The Spires is an addictive thriller revolving around secrets, lies, and murder. Twenty years ago, Penelope and four best friends lived in a house that was once a former church. A fire that led to a devastating tragedy ripped the friends apart. In the present, one former friend inserts hersel......more

Goodreads review by Debra on September 22, 2021

3.5 stars Have we seen this premise before??? Friends in the past, a secret they carry and the past coming back to haunt them? hmmm...I kept think of the Simple Minds song" Don't you (forget about me) while I read this book. Because the past has a way of showing up and knocking on your door! Penelope......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on October 30, 2022

(3.5 stars). The Spires is a novel about five college friends who decide to take a gap year after college and live in an old, converted Church. A devastating tragedy happens at this Church, after which they all go about their separate ways. This book goes back and forth between the Then (20 years pr......more

Goodreads review by Kristy on October 18, 2021

Penelope Cox thinks she's put her college years behind her, when, twenty years later, her old friend Willa shows up unexpectedly on her doorstep. Willa Blaine needs help escaping her abusive husband. Penelope hasn't seen Willa since their gap year after college, when they and three other friends liv......more

Goodreads review by Trisha on October 01, 2021

"Sometimes a piece of your soul can rot, she thought. If you can’t get it out, it festers like an infection." Such a great, creepy cover and an interesting plot. But I'm so so sorry book, I'm just burnt out on your side story. I'm so sick of woman creeping in to another woman's life just to mess it u......more

Quotes

“Moretti…amps up the betrayals inch by inch until you’re wondering if things can possibly get worse.” —Kirkus Reviews“Dark, twisted, and with secrets galore, Moretti takes friendship, obsession, and revenge to a whole other level in The Spires. A twisted, compelling page-turner you’ll devour in no time.” —Hannah Mary McKinnon, bestselling author of Sister Dear and You Will Remember Me“A compulsively readable page-turner, The Spires is also a thought-provoking look at the often complicated and sometimes harrowing dynamics of the friends we hold most dear.” —Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of A Good Marriage and Friends Like These

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