The Unloved, John Saul
The Unloved, John Saul
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The Unloved

Author: John Saul

Narrator: Sandra Burr

Abridged: 6 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/25/2006

Categories: Fiction, Horror


Synopsis

The House: Lush and deceptively tranquil, with its pristine beaches and blossoming vegetation, the island basks in splendid isolation off the South Carolina coast. Here, where sudden storms unleash the murderous rage of wind and sea, stands the Devereaux mansion, a once-great plantation house now crumbling amid ancient oaks dripping with Spanish moss. Here, Marguerite Devereaux, fifty and childless, has cast off her dreams to care for her aged, demanding mother.The Family: Now, for the first time in twenty years, Kevin Devereaux has returned home to this secluded place with his wife and two children. They have come to visit Kevin's mother - hated, frightening Mother, with her slash of red lipstick, mask of bone-white powder, and a tongue that has always cut to Kevin's heart...and into his darkest nightmares. She said she was ill - but is that the real reason the old woman summoned the son she has not seen in so many years?The Horror: Suddenly, horribly, Mother dies inside the locked nursery. And now there will be no escape. For now, all the secrets of this once-proud southern family emerge like tortured spirits from the sinister past to wrap their evil around the unsuspecting children. Until, in the shadowed corridors and dust-covered rooms of this decaying old house, they learn the true terror of The Unloved..

About John Saul

House of Reckoning is John Saul’s thirty-sixth novel. His first novel, Suffer the Children, published in 1977, was an immediate million-copy bestseller. His other bestselling suspense novels include In the Dark of the Night, Perfect Nightmare, Black Creek Crossing, Midnight Voices, The Manhattan Hunt Club, The Right Hand of Evil, Guardian, and Faces of Fear. Saul divides his time between Seattle, Washington, and Hawaii.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sandra on October 09, 2017

When Kevin Devereaux finds out his elderly mother (Helena) is dying he decides to go back home to Sea Oaks (a mansion which is on a secluded island off the South Carolina coast) for a brief stay with his wife Anne, his daughter Julie, and his son Jeff. He hasn’t been back there for twenty years. (He......more

Goodreads review by Stela on December 28, 2018

De citit noapteape la 2, așa ca mine :D......more

Goodreads review by Matias on January 09, 2023

El Estigma.- John Saul "En el primer momento, no supo por qué había tenido la certeza de que ya no estaba sola en la habitación. Fue tan sólo una sensación. Permaneció con los ojos cerrados, escuchando. Oyó un leve crujido. No era el sonido habitual de la casa. Lo que se hallaba en la habitación se a......more

Goodreads review by Niquole on December 29, 2014

Well, this book was good up until the last 100 pages. The town was walking around with blinders on and suddenly everyone was stuttering and stammering every sentence. That and the flaws surrounding one of the characters action were implausible. If someone in their mid fifties has a lame leg and is n......more

Goodreads review by Josh on January 12, 2020

The Unloved is a disturbing tale of madness and the macabre that's both atmospheric and suspenseful, complimented by a slow-burning plot in which the tension simmers and steadily rises to great effect.......more