The Blackhouse by Carole Johnstone (Audiobook)

The Nitty Gritty…

I read Mirrorland a while back and loved it so I knew as soon as I saw a new one by Carole Johnstone out I needed to listen to it! The Blackhouse has all the elements I love in a book with a gothic, dark atmosphere and what about that cover – it’s amazing! Add to that a remote village with less than welcoming folks and a woman who comes back after leaving the village in a turmoil when she was just a young girl. Needless to say she is unwanted but determined to uncover the mystery of what happened to her all those years ago. The audio is fantastic with narration by Joe McFadden and Eilidh Beaton and I was captivated by them and the story they were telling. There is just so much to uncover in this novel that you really need to listen or read it for yourself. Highly recommended!

Summary from Simon & Schuster

From the author of the “dark and devious…beautifully written” (Stephen King) Mirrorland comes a richly atmospheric thriller set on an isolated Scottish island where nothing is as it seems and shocking twists lie around every corner.

A remote village. A deadly secret. An outsider who knows the truth.

Robert Reid moved his family to Scotland’s Outer Hebrides in the 1990s, driven by hope, craving safety and community, and hiding a terrible secret. But despite his best efforts to fit in, Robert is always seen as an outsider. And as the legendary and violent Hebridean storms rage around him, he begins to unravel, believing his fate on the remote island of Kilmeray cannot be escaped.

For her entire life, Maggie MacKay has sensed something was wrong with her. When Maggie was five years old, she announced that a man on Kilmeray—a place she’d never visited—had been murdered. Her unfounded claim drew media attention and turned the locals against each other, creating rifts that never mended.

Nearly twenty years later, Maggie is determined to find out what really happened, and what the islanders are hiding. But when she begins to receive ominous threats, Maggie is forced to consider how much she is willing to risk to discover the horrifying truth.

Unnerving, enthralling, and filled with gothic suspense, The Blackhouse is a spectacularly sinister tale readers won’t soon forget.

Review copy provided by the publisher. All opinions are my own.

Escape into the pages of a good book …