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The Midnight House

By: Amanda Geard
Narrated by: Caitlin Shannon
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Summary

People disappear. Secrets remain....

My Dearest T, Whatever you hear, do not believe it for a moment....

1940: In south-west Ireland, the young and beautiful Lady Charlotte Rathmore is pronounced dead after she mysteriously disappears by the lake of Blackwater Hall. In London, on the brink of the Blitz, Nancy Rathmore is grieving Charlotte's death when a letter arrives containing a secret that she is sworn to keep—one that will change her life forever.

2019: Decades later, Ellie Fitzgerald is forced to leave Dublin disgraced and heartbroken. Abandoning journalism, she returns to rural Kerry to weather out the storm. But, when she discovers a faded letter, tucked inside the pages of an old book, she finds herself drawn in by a long-buried secret. And as Ellie begins to unravel the mystery, it becomes clear that the letter might hold the key to more than just Charlotte's disappearance.

An unforgettable and spellbinding story of secrets, war, love and sacrifice, perfect for listeners of Kate Morton, Eve Chase and Louise Douglas.

©2022 Amanda Geard (P)2022 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

Critic reviews

An intriguing multi-layered mystery spanning generations, evocative and beautifully written (TRACY REES)
I was pulled in from page one. It's beautiful and I love it (LIZ FENWICK)
With its gorgeous setting, wonderful characters, & secrets that kept me glued to the pages, it's a beauty - a hit for 2022! (JENNY ASHCROFT)

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Superb and captivating.

The synopsis intrigued me and as soon as I started listening I just wanted to know more. I found the characters came alive and the time slip aspect was so cleverly done that it so easily went between the 3 periods, it flowed very naturally. I had to force myself to stop listening but it simply pulled me in and I wanted to know what happened!
So wonderfully written, it touches some very big, important and emotional topics whilst being very simply a great story.
I cannot wait for whatever comes next from Amanda Geard!

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Painful Irish accent.

An Irish narrator would have been better. It was really hard to take the story seriously when I kept cringing at her accent and mispronounciation. For example Gardaí (Irish Police) is pronounced " Gard ee" not " Gard eye". Advice on accent would have helped.
Other than that the story was enjoyable and beautifully written.

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Totally engrossing story

A totally engrossing story. Beautifully constructed with interesting characters and lots of intrigue. However it was totally spoiled by the narrator's interpretation of an Irish accent, which was appalling to listen to.

The " Irish " accent was unnecessarily shouted and spoken in a drawn out, over emphasised slow manner. It was verging on comical, which was very distracting in this otherwise stunning audio book. The narrator seemed to settle down about two hours from the end of the book, the raised voice toned down with just the odd over emphasised "Ori-sh" word used. I had thought I had become accustomed to the narration so checked back to the beginning, no it had been embarrassingly awful.

It is such a pity as the narration was otherwise excellent.

If you have good knowledge of Irish accents maybe a good choice would be to buy the book to read, as it is an absolutely superb story.


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Awful Irish accent. Couldn’t continue listening. should have been narrated by some who is actually Irish.

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Such an interesting story

This book has an intriguing story line and I couldn’t stop listening - one of those stories that goes back in history and is easy to visualise the characters. Really enjoyed the narration

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Irish accent is painful

The Irish accent is atrocious but love the story, pity about the accent makes it hard to listen to especially if your from Ireland.

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Intergenerational storytelling. Historical. Feminist.

Enjoyable. Not groundbreaking but literary and enjoyable. Intergenerational, historical, feminist. Wonderful for a plane journey.

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The Midnight House

Loved it. the mystery of what happened to Charlotte. Ellie looking into this mystery.

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Just ok

The story is long but what was most off putting was the awful Irish accent . Almost gave up !

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Terribly inaccurate accents and mispronunciations

A generic and awful ‘Oirish’ accent was used for all the local characters, a complete mish-mash of different accents and nothing at all to do with a Kerry accent although the book is set there. Mispronunciations too: for example, Gardaí, Tomás. Made me cringe.
Story is good but greatly undermined by failure to choose appropriate narrator and failure to show any respect for irish language words and regional irish accents. Read the book, don’t listen to the audiobook.

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