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"Engrossing, character-rich, powerful. Sten is on a roll."—Publishers Weekly(starred review)
Crimson Peak meets The Sanatorium in The Resting Place, a heart-thumping, unforgettable novel of horror and suspense by international sensation Camilla Sten.
Deep rooted secrets.
A twisted family history.
And a house that will never let go.
Eleanor lives with prosopagnosia, the inability to recognize a familiar person's face. It causes stress. Acute anxiety.
It can make you question what you think you know.
When Eleanor walked in on the scene of her capriciously cruel grandmother, Vivianne's, murder, she came face to face with the killer—a maddening expression that means nothing to someone like her. With each passing day, the horror of having come so close to a murderer—and not knowing if they'd be back—overtakes both her dreams and her waking moments, thwarting her perception of reality.
Then a lawyer calls. Vivianne has left her a house—a looming estate tucked away in the Swedish woods. The place her grandfather died, suddenly. A place that has housed a chilling past for over fifty years.
Eleanor. Her steadfast boyfriend, Sebastian. Her reckless aunt, Veronika. The lawyer. All will go to this house of secrets, looking for answers. But as they get closer to uncovering the truth, they'll wish they had never come to disturb what rests there.
A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781250839671
- File size: 255276 KB
- Duration: 08:51:49
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- English
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Reviews
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Starred review from January 31, 2022
Eleanor, the heroine of this engrossing, character-rich psychological thriller from Swedish author Sten (The Lost Village), has prosopagnosia, or face blindness, which prevents her from recognizing the person she witnesses murder her grandmother, Vivianne. Months later, still undergoing therapy for trauma caused by the experience, Eleanor learns she has inherited Solhöga, her grandmother’s manor house located in isolated Swedish woodlands, and she—along with her long-standing boyfriend, Sebastian; a hostile aunt, Veronika; and the estate’s lawyer, Rickard—gather at Solhöga to sort out the details. Almost immediately, increasingly ominous incidents begin to occur: the groundskeeper who was supposed to meet them is missing, Eleanor sees a mysterious figure lurking on the grounds after dark, and unexplained accidents take place. It soon becomes clear that what’s going on is tied to Vivianne’s hidden past. Suspense builds steadily as a body is discovered, Rickard is seriously assaulted, and a winter storm traps the party with no hope of getting away. The powerful conclusion is satisfying for both Eleanor and the reader. Sten is on a roll. Agent: Anna Frankl, Nordin Agency (Sweden). -
June 1, 2022
When Eleanor's grandmother, Vivianne, was murdered, Eleanor saw the killer. Unfortunately, because of her prosopagnosia--a cognitive disorder of face perception--Eleanor is unable to identify the person and she becomes anxious and paranoid. When she learns that Vivianne left her a country estate, Eleanor heads out there with her boyfriend, Sebastian; her aunt Veronika; and the lawyer handling the estate. The trip seems doomed from the beginning. The groundskeeper is nowhere to be found and a blizzard, which the remote mansion's rickety electrical system is unable to withstand, is rapidly approaching. When Eleanor finds a diary written by a maid who worked in the house when Vivianne was first married, she learns the dark family secrets her grandmother kept for a lifetime. And when more bodies turn up, Eleanor realizes that someone is willing to kill to keep Vivianne's secrets hidden. Sten's (The Lost Village) latest is fast-paced and suspenseful, enhanced by Angela Dawe's skillful narration. VERDICT For fans of the author and Scandinavian thrillers.--Stephanie Klose
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