The Whispering House, Elizabeth Brooks
The Whispering House, Elizabeth Brooks
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The Whispering House

Author: Elizabeth Brooks

Narrator: Elizabeth Klett

Unabridged: 10 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/16/2021


Synopsis

On a warm summer's day by the English seaside, twenty-three-year-old Freya spies a pale, pillared house: Byrne Hall. Before she can think twice, she's stepped inside to an ornate foyer featuring a striking portrait that evokes her late sister, Stella, whose untimely fall from a cliff years before still haunts Freya and her father. When an inexplicable longing leads her back to Byrne Hall several weeks later, she meets Cory, a handsome and enigmatic young artist who remains in the house to care for his ailing mother. Though she plans to stay for just a few days, Freya finds herself extending her stay longer and longer, driven to remain not just by Byrne Hall itself, but this strange mother-and-son pair who inhabit it.

Freya's decision to linger in this mysterious, centuries-old house sets off an unexpected chain of events that will lead her to question who she is, and what really happened to Stella. As the days stretch on, a kind of shadow communication with her late sister begins as Freya explores the estate, and the relationships that Stella formed there. In prose as lush and atmospheric as Byrne Hall itself, Elizabeth Brooks weaves a simmering, propulsive tale in The Whispering House of art, sisterhood, and all-consuming love: the ways it can lead us towards tenderness, nostalgia, and longing, as well as shocking acts of violence.

About Elizabeth Brooks

Elizabeth Brooks is the author of The Orphan of Salt Winds, The Whispering House, and The House in the Orchard. She grew up in Chester, England, graduated from Cambridge University, and resides on the Isle of Man with her husband and two children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rainz

Many Thanks to Net Galley, Random House UK, Transworld Publishers and the author for a chance to read and review this book. #TheWhisperingHouse #NetGalley Disturbing and creepy, The Whispering House by Elizabeth Brooks is a crafty gothic thriller. When Freya first spies upon Byrne Hall while attendin......more

Goodreads review by Bkwmlee

I really wanted to like this book. The premise sounded interesting and based on the little I’d heard about the book, I was anticipating an atmospheric page-turner with serious gothic vibes. Actually, for the first 40-50 pages or so, I felt like this was the case, as the author did a pretty good job......more

Goodreads review by Carol

In a house as old as Byrne Hall, there are certain to be secrets hidden behind the locked doors. Freya Lyell’s life had felt as if it had been on hold since her sister, Stella, committed suicide five years ago by throwing herself off the cliffs near Byrne Hall, a stately manor on the English coast.......more

Goodreads review by Fiona

Seriously creepy thriller, with a wonderful underlying theme of love and loss. You can take the story in so many ways - a general thriller, a love story, a story of abuse, a tragedy, or all of these options! I sacrificed sleep to keep reading this which doesn't happen much; at times I completely forg......more