The Cabin Below

A Psychological Suspense Thriller

De: N. L. Hinkens

Narrado por: Robin Rowan

What happens on the water, stays on the water.

Or so they thought. Allison and her handsome, charismatic husband, Doug, are on a Caribbean cruise to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. But the steady stream of idyllic photos and happy hashtags they post online is hiding a dangerous rift in their relationship. Allison has long suspected that Doug is having an affair. Despite his impassioned denials and smooth-talking alibis, she’s unconvinced of his innocence and determined to dig for the truth, no matter the cost.

And she’s not the only one delving into their secrets. The couple they’ve befriended on the cruise has been watching them. And they’ve come to a disturbing conclusion of their own. When Allison disappears the night before the ship docks back in Florida, they bring their terrifying suspicions to the police.

But the truth about Allison’s whereabouts proves even more shocking than anyone imagined.

Will you enjoy The Cabin Below? If you read any of my favorite psychological and domestic suspense thriller authors including K.L. Slater, Shalini Boland, Adam Croft, Kathryn Croft, Lisa Gardner, Louise Jensen, or Rachel Caine, the answer is a resounding yes!

©2020 Norma L. Hinkens (P)2020 Norma L. Hinkens

Narration ruined the book

The actual story isn’t bad but… The narration on the audible version of this book is…. Awful. I mean I rarely write negative things because I’m such a hardcore millennial and hate the idea of the actual person somehow reading my comment and feeling bad about themselves so if the woman who narrated this book is reading this… I’m sorry… I’m sure you’re a lovely person but for the love of god, please stop with the over the top voices for each character!! It was truly off putting. If I didn’t waste a credit on this book (I.e. if it were part of audible plus) I would have stopped listening after 1-2 chapters.

Pretty good

It was a little frustrating to see what was happening so blatantly, but overall the story was entertaining enough. I really liked Sophia's character, she seemed like someone you'd want to be friends with in real life. I liked the detective too. Most of the characters didn't seem as stupid as you see in many of the other books in this genre, so that was refreshing.

Well thought out plans always work out. Right?

You might think after reading or listening to twelve books by the same author you would be able to predict where the story is going, and which character is going to be the one who commits the heinous act. That is exactly what I thought about The Cabin Below, the thirteenth book I’ve listened to by Norma Hinkens.

Right from the start I “knew” where this story was going and how the culprit was and how they were going to do the deed. I held firm with this as the story continually confirmed my predictive success. I was feeling oh so smug knowing that I finally saw through the story, all the way up until I learned I was wrong. At which point all I could do was say “well-played Norm, Well-played.”

With each new book from this author, I seemingly think it is my favorite, but in the case of The Cabin Below it has to be the best of the best simply because it took me on such an interesting/entertaining ride that proved my hypothesis wrong. I’m sure whatever the next story Norma HInkens has in store for her readers will be just as entertaining, but for now I’ll have to be content realizing once again she has more than entertained me for several hours, she has challenged my detective skills and once again they have been found wanting. One last thought, but certainly not least, Robin Rowan did an excellent job narrating the story and bringing it and each character to life through voices, excellent pacing, and intonation.

Really not that good

After reading the reviews I was expecting a great book. I was sorely disappointed! The plot itself is a decent idea. However I found the authors writing to be poor. There is a lot of boring dialogue and cliche language. The characters development is shallow and boring. The voices of the female characters were distinct but a couple of them were rather irritating to listen to. This was one of those books I should have exchanged!

Great Book!

Loved the story and the narrator! I couldn't put it down. I recommend it for sure!