If it wasn't for the mystery at hand, I would have stopped and returned this book. Overall, it was a book that kept me listening despite the slog. I'm unfamiliar with the male narrator but he was pleasant to listen to. Her work is extremely diverse, covering aspects of magic realism, suspense, historical fiction, mythology and fantasy. 'We found a body!' 'Call the cops?' 'Nah, we'll deal with this in house.' I know this is a fiction book but this premise was absolutely unbelievable. Joanne Harris is an Anglo-French author, whose books include fourteen novels, two cookbooks and many short stories. The police should have been informed from the very beginning but no one makes a phone call.

After a while, I didn't see what any of that had to do with the ensuing mystery. I felt like each chapter I was beaten over the head with it. I got a little tired of the old fashioned views vs the new way of doing things back and forth. I stayed the course but I wanted to tear my hair out because it was so slow. There were several times where I felt I wanted to fast forward to the end just to get to the 'who dun it' part. 'A psychological thriller you can't put down and an antiheroine you won't forget.' (Harlan Coben) Fierce.' (Bridget Collins, best-selling author of The Binding) 'A dark world of emotional complexity and betrayal, where twist follows twist and nothing is what it seems.' (Alex Michaelides, best-selling author of The Silent Patient) She'll bury the past so deep it will evade even her own memory, just like she has done before.

And with it, the remains of a body are discovered.īut Rebecca is here to make her mark. As the new regime takes on the old guard, the ground shifts. Barely 40, she is just starting to reap the harvest of her ambition. Rebecca Buckfast has spilled blood to reach this position. For the first time in its history, a headmistress is in power, the gates opening to girls. It's an incendiary moment for St Oswald's school. Now I'm in charge, the gates are my gates.

An electrifying tale of psychological suspense and revenge at an elite boarding school where secrets run deep.

Joanne harris a narrow door