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    Strangers at the Gate
    Audiobook9 hours

    Strangers at the Gate

    Written by Catriona McPherson

    Narrated by Lucy Paterson

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    When Finn and Paddy decide to move from their home in the city to the small town of Simmerton, it feels like everything has finally fallen into place. Paddy's been made partner at the law firm in town, and Finn has found full-time work as the deacon. Paddy's new boss has even offered them the use of a gatehouse on his property.

    Finn feels like this must be a fairy tale. Paddy thinks they've won the lottery. Either way, they agree: It's perfect.

    But only days after moving into the gatehouse, Finn begins to have doubts. She keeps hearing strange sounds, and the thicket of trees make her feel claustrophobic rather than safe. When she and Paddy discover the bloody bodies of Paddy's boss and his wife, the fairytale has officially ended. A strange email — supposedly sent from the dead man — makes it clear: This was murder.

    Paddy and Finn's dream of a new life quickly turns into a nightmare as the plot thickens and the tension grows. With strange neighbors and a haunting setting, Catriona McPherson once again weaves a pause resisting tale of suspense.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateOct 22, 2019
    ISBN9781974971268
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    Strangers at the Gate
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    Catriona McPherson

    Born and raised in Edinburgh, Catriona McPherson left Edinburgh University with a PhD in Linguistics and worked in academia, as well as banking and public libraries, before taking up full-time writing in 2001. For the last ten years she has lived in Northern California with a black cat and a scientist. In 2020 she has been shortlisted for a third Mary Higgins Clark Award, for Strangers at the Gate, and won a Left Coast Crime 2020 Lefty Award for the Best Humorous Mystery for Scot and Soda.

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    • 5/5
      Whoa! Great choice!! This novel starts out right off the bat filled with great portent. You know, you just know something high on the creepy scale is going to happen, you just don’t know what .

      If you like very dark (I think this qualifies as “noir”), I would highly recommend it. The narrator with her lovely, lovely Scottish accent does a really fine job, although I did have a little trouble understanding her at times, probably due to my insufficiency in Scottish-English!

      There is nothing silly or dumb about this book. It is very realistic and serious, truly a novel for grownups. It is intricately woven with lots of twists, turns, and shocking occurrences both on the physical as well as the psychological levels. Again, if you like this type of novel, I highly recommend you check this one out!

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