The Winslow Incident, Elizabeth Voss
The Winslow Incident, Elizabeth Voss
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The Winslow Incident

Author: Elizabeth Voss

Narrator: Raquel Beattie

Unabridged: 16 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/22/2024


Synopsis

Everything seems normal in Winslow, Washington, as the tourists arrive for summer fun—the carnival in Prospect Park, the ghost-town tour—and the locals retreat to Ruby Creek to cool off. The only thing that's unusual is the death of Pard Holloway's cattle after a brief, strange illness.

But now the disease seems to be spreading to humans. One by one, individuals deteriorate into lunacy. Seventeen-year-old Hazel Winslow, however, is perfectly healthy. That leaves her to confront the crisis on her own while her father, the sheriff, heads into the woods to hunt a fearsome creature; her boyfriend grows delusional; and ghosts invade her grandmother's broken-down mansion. How can she reason with them when their minds aren't functioning? And what would be worse—succumbing to the sickness, or being the last sane person left?

Inspired by true events and informed by historical accounts, this modern Gothic tale evokes the mass hysteria of the Salem witch trials and the terror of the events in Pont-Saint-Esprit, France, in 1951.

Contains mature themes.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter on February 17, 2014

Winslow, Washington is just like any other small town. During the summer the tourists come to town for the rodeo and the ghosts walk tours. This summer looks like it will be just an ordinary summer but it is far from an ordinary. A plague swept over the town of Winslow. Cattle ending up dying and a......more

Goodreads review by Oscar on July 29, 2012

I got a free copy of this book from GoodReads. The book was an interesting read. the first half of the book goes by really fast. You want to know more about all the local mysteries of this community, the different characters and, most importantly, what is happening to them. In the first 300 pages or......more

Goodreads review by Joshua on October 10, 2024

This was such an interesting read. I wasn't sure what to expect when I started, and was not upset with how the story unfolded. As I was reading, things started coming together and I realized this was almost a modern day retelling of the Salem Witch Trials. Definitely didn’t see that coming! There wer......more

Goodreads review by Larena on January 05, 2014

Contemporary, Suspense, Winslow, Washington Hazel Winslow is seventeen years old and already has more secrets to keep than she would like. Hopefully soon she will be putting the tourist trap of a town she lives in behind her along with the unhappy past. Though something seems to be happening in her s......more

Goodreads review by Erin on January 22, 2013

I won this book through Goodreads FirstReads. A fast paced, interesting, thought provoking novel about an entire town gone mad, and a whole lot of ghosts. I liked this novel, I didn't love it. I wanted to because I really liked the idea and the writing style, and I liked the characters. I thought Haze......more