The Winter Guest
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Narrated by:
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Liam Hourican
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By:
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W. C. Ryan
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Longlisted for the Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year
The drive leads past the gate house and through the trees towards the big house, visible through the winter-bared branches. Its windows stare down at Harkin and the sea beyond . . .
January 1921. Though the Great War is over, in Ireland a new, civil war is raging. The once-grand Kilcolgan House, a crumbling bastion shrouded in sea-mist, lies half empty and filled with ghosts - both real and imagined - the Prendevilles, the noble family within, co-existing only as the balance of their secrets is kept.
Then, when an IRA ambush goes terribly wrong, Maud Prendeville, eldest daughter of Lord Kilcolgan, is killed, leaving the family reeling. Yet the IRA column insist they left her alive, that someone else must have been responsible for her terrible fate. Captain Tom Harkin, an IRA intelligence officer and Maud's former fiancé, is sent to investigate, becoming an unwelcome guest in this strange, gloomy household.
Working undercover, Harkin must delve into the house's secrets - and discover where, in this fractured, embattled town, each family member's allegiances truly lie. But Harkin too is haunted by the ghosts of the past and by his terrible experiences on the battlefields. Can he find out the truth about Maud's death before the past - and his strange, unnerving surroundings - overwhelm him?
A haunting, atmospheric mystery set against the raw Irish landscape in a country divided, The Winter Guest is the perfect chilling read.
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- Louis
- 17-03-24
Captivating story which sheds light on the brutality of British attempts to resist Irish independence.
Narration improves through the reading after a shaky start. Nice characterisation too. I won’t spoil the ending, but brace yourself for a cliché.
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- Avid reader
- 05-02-22
Excellent story
Thrilling story brilliantly read by Liam Hourican. completely believable characters. The cruelty and suffering of the troubles Ireland and the first world war. create a dramatic backdrop for a tale of human frailty, pathos and love entirely without sentimentality.
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- Julie
- 21-02-23
Atmospheric
I enjoyed this very much. The author is excellent at conjuring up spooky scenes. I liked The Ghost House which is also by this author and has a similar feel to it but this edges it for me. The narrator was very good.
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- Frazzledmum
- 27-12-24
Dark atmospheric thriller
Author builds a dark and foreboding atmosphere. There is a strong sense of time and place. (Ireland, Winter, post WW1) There are dark passages where the main character has flashbacks to fighting in World War One, which adds to the depressive atmosphere. The story is good, but I found the pace rather slow at times for a thriller.
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- Clare Campbell
- 22-10-22
Gripping, thrilling couldn't put it down
Loved it. A gripping and a thrilling read. Couldn't put it down. Definitely worth it.
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- JOHN M.
- 18-07-22
Good
Quite a good book, just a little but heavy going in places still worth a listen
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- Paul
- 19-04-22
Very poor
One dimensional characters, plot seen coming miles in advance, introduction of ‘modern’ social themes of course. Well performed however
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