The Haunting of Ashburn House by Darcy Coates

The character of Adrienne is really well drawn and for once, we have a character who is down to her last $20, who does not spend it on brie, a French baguette and a bottle of wine! She buys Pot Noodles because they were on sale! She buys sardines for her cat, who is a very picky eater, and she reuses her teabag. I hope Eva Kaminsky gets training, or can learn a different technique or perhaps use a different microphone? Maybe it's that simple? That aside, I was really skeptical about this title being a paperback genre 'cozy horror,' but the writing is really solid. Didn't a producer or editor listen to this and hear the same thing? It's truly baffling and truly irritating as I want to know how it ends. There it is approximately 20 times a minute. I have tried slowing it down, speeding it up, turning the volume up and turning the volume down, and nothing works. but he is unique and so is his delivery of lines!) I could overlook the delivery if it weren't for the awful gulps for air after every sentence. I wonder if she is a stage actor and this technique of the quick intake of air is useful for a monologue? She also seems to have graduated from the William Shatner School of Speaking (I love W.S.

I am finding this a tricky book to listen to, and that is because the narrator has a really annoying habit of audibly sucking in air at the end of most sentences.

Only one thing is certain: Ashburn's dead are not at rest. The building has a bleak and grisly past, and as she chases the threads of a decades-old mystery, Adrienne realises she's become the prey to something deeply unnatural and intensely resentful. Strange messages have been etched into the wallpaper, an old grave is hidden in the forest behind the house, and eerie portraits in the upstairs hall seem to watch her every movement.Īs she uncovers more of the house's secrets, Adrienne begins to believe the whispered rumours about Ashburn may hold more truth than she ever suspected. Ashburn House is a lifeline she can't afford to refuse.Īdrienne doesn't believe in ghosts, but it's hard to ignore the unease that grows as she explores her new home. Adrienne's only possessions are a suitcase of luggage, 20 dollars, and her pet cat. Following Edith's death, her sole surviving relative, Adrienne, inherits the property. Its owner, Edith, refused to let guests inside and rarely visited the nearby town. The ancient building has been the subject of rumours for close to a century. There's something wrong with Ashburn House.

The Haunting of Ashburn House by Darcy Coates