Family Business

De: Jonathan Sims

Narrado por: Jonathan Sims, Rachel Petladwala

A bone-chilling horror from the acclaimed writer of THIRTEEN STOREYS and hit horror podcast THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES

JUST ANOTHER DEAD-END JOB.

DEATH. IT'S A DIRTY BUSINESS.

When Diya Burman's best friend Angie dies, it feels like her own life is falling apart. Wanting a fresh start, she joins Slough & Sons - a family firm that cleans up after the recently deceased.

Old love letters. Porcelain dolls. Broken trinkets. Clearing away the remnants of other people's lives, Diya begins to see things. Horrible things. Things that get harder and harder to write off as merely her grieving imagination. All is not as it seems with the Slough family. Why won't they speak about their own recent loss? And who is the strange man that keeps turning up at their jobs?

If Diya's not careful, she might just end up getting buried under the family tree. . .

©2022 Jonathan Sims (P)2022 Gollancz

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Combines a creeping sense of unease with all-out gore... Nerve-jangling." (Guardian)

"A wonderfully creepy climax, hitting that perfect spot of uncanny horror." (Grimdark Magazine)

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

Admittedly a slow burn at first but the pay off was a wonderfully horror-filled delight!

This is the second audiobook I have ever heard with multiple voices. The first being Jonathan Sims' "13 Storeys" (another excellent title). Jonny, if you see this review, please keep doing this. It's new and fresh and I love it. If I had to add anything, I would have added sound effects like you did in "13 Storeys" but regardless, I will listen to this again and again. Guaranteed!

Great

I love horror & Jonathan Sims so this was great. Thirteen Storeys is still my favourite from him but this was great too. Great narration but a lot slower to start than Thirteen Storeys. It was worth it though.

Delicious, if you like quiet gloom.

First, I cannot emphasis how refreshing it is to find LGBT protagonists in stories where the focus is not on a manufactured sense of novelty and queerness (whether presented in the positive or the negative.) This is one of the very few stories out there that allows a cast of marginalised people be the heroes of a struggle any ordinary people in an extraordinary world could face. This, of course, in the book goes much deeper than just the cast's LGBT identities, and spans from the primary focus group to those around them, who are all in their own ways people society often... forgets.

Delightful October experience, with lovingly crafted characters you can't dislike and who bring their own warmth and colour into what could otherwise be a very bleak world. I don't know who I wouldn't recommend this book to.

Bonus points for the calming presence of a domestic feline!

Another Knockout

Jonathan Sims is possibly the freshest breath of air on the horror scene I've found in some time. A skilled hand at atmospheric tension and an increasingly well-honed political and social commentary meeting lively and diverse characters.

What is the forsaken was a thing?

It’s beautiful. The lovely framing of grief, not in some contrived way, is framed in a respect while retaining the entertaining quality of horror. The ending was sadifying in a way I’ve grown to enjoy from Jonny Sims.

Absolutely Delightful

I thoroughly appreciate Johnathan Sims’ particular style of storytelling. The growing unease and horror of the narrative is greatly enhanced by the quality of the narrator.

This book made me cry once and almost 2 more times.

I don't know if I'm just very emotional or unstable, but this book made me want to cry multiple times. It is so good. I would listen to this again.

Under the skin, and introspective

I loved this work. The horror was not obvious or overt to begin with, but instead started by creeping under your skin, and building a sense of dread until the narrative gave way to something larger. I really enjoy when horror works can, through their story, ask the listener/reader to examine their own views on mortality. This work did that for me, and I have not stopped thinking or talking about it since.

How creepy Mr Bill is. John has the best voice of all time.

It was perfect! Amazing story! Loved the characters. Very atmospheric and creepy vibes all about.

JONATHAN SIMS! 😁😆😁😆

Hello, Jon-
(That was a reference to TMA! Now to the review!)
I was searching up murder mystery books early this year and a found this one. I decided not to listen to it, but because it was in my search history YouTube recommended the Magnus archives to me through an animation. I listened to the Magnus archives under five days on YouTube. I loved it! I found out Jonathan Sims had written two books and I decided to check one of them out. And that was this book! The one I saw earlier this year not putting much thought into it at all! I LOVE this book! I was ashamed at first when it wasn’t Jonathan Sims narrating…, but! When I found out he was voicing the antagonist I dropped dead! ☠️ Jonathan Sims! You Are An Amazing Author And Voice Actor! Never forget that!!! (Pun intended!!) Also, at the end of the book (SPOILERS!!) they wonder if there are any more things like Bill. Let me tell you, I could make an au so fast with this being in the world of the Magnus archives or protocol! (END OF SPOILER!!) I Love your work!! Keep it up! I recommend this book to anyone who is okay 👌 with horror! And also the fear of abandonment! Have a great day! And this was my Ted-talk!