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The Winter People

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The Winter People

Written by: Jennifer McMahon
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Kathe Mazur
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The New York Times best-selling author of Promise Not to Tell returns with a simmering literary thriller about ghostly secrets, dark choices, and the unbreakable bond between mothers and daughters...sometimes too unbreakable.

West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in the field behind her house just months after the tragic death of her daughter, Gertie. Now, in present day, 19-year-old Ruthie lives in Sara's farmhouse with her mother, Alice, and her younger sister, Fawn. Alice has always insisted that they live off the grid, a decision that suddenly proves perilous when Ruthie wakes up one morning to find that Alice has vanished without a trace. Searching for clues, she is startled to find a copy of Sara Harrison Shea's diary hidden beneath the floorboards of her mother's bedroom. As Ruthie gets sucked deeper into the mystery of Sara's fate, she discovers that she's not the only person who's desperately looking for someone that they've lost. But she may be the only one who can stop history from repeating itself.

©2014 Jennifer McMahon (P)2014 Random House Audio
Ghosts Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction

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"Jennifer McMahon is a writer of exceptional talent, and The Winter People is a hypnotic, gripping, and deeply moving thriller. With her beautifully drawn characters and complex, layered, and suspenseful story, McMahon has woven a dream from which I didn't want to wake - and couldn't have even if I wanted to." (Lisa Unger, author of In the Blood)
"In an edge-of-your-seat scary ghost story, Jennifer McMahon’s The Winter People yanks you from one page to the next by expertly weaving the past and present. I will never look at the woods behind my home in the same way again!" (Heather Gudenkauf, author of The Weight of Silence )

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first ever horror category book which pleased me

very gripping , creepy too . though beginning for some chapters i felt like its going too slow but soon after that i was hooked to the book . it is fast paced and a satisfactory end. i really enjoyed this book. this is the first book in horror category which kind of made me get that scary creepy horror vibe .

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Lively book on dead folks!

A lively book about dead people! Author has managed to keep the book very interesting and relevant. The story has multiple layers, Sara, Catherine, Ruthy and all of these are intertwined pretty well. The characters are also built to raise empathy and the flow is very engaging to keep you hooked. Audible experience was great too.

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