The Isle

De: John C. Foster

Narrado por: Linda Jones

Expose the Darkest of Secrets at the Edge of the World

A deadly menace threatens a remote island community and every man, woman, and child is in peril. Sent to the isle to collect the remains of a dead fugitive, US Marshal Virgil Bone is trapped by torrential storms.

As the body count rises the community unravels, and Bone is thrust into the role of investigator. Aided by a local woman and the town pariah, he uncovers the island’s macabre past and its horrifying connection to the killings.

Some curses are best believed.

Sometimes the past is best left buried.

And some will kill to keep it so.

Praise for The Isle:

"With The Isle, John Foster makes a twenty-first century contribution to the tradition of the New England Gothic.... Fast-moving, gripping, it's a tale straight from Old Man Atlantic's barnacled treasure chest." (John Langan, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Fisherman)

"Brooding and claustrophobic, one hell of a scary ride. You won't soon forget your visit to The Isle." (Tom Deady, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Haven)

"Dripping with claustrophobic malice, crawling with dread and otherness, The Isle is a journey into places best left alone. A chilling, disturbing, compelling tale.” (Alan Baxter, award-winning author of Devouring Dark and Manifest Recall

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Beautifully written but very slow.

This is a hard book to review. My thoughts upon finishing it were that the story is beautifully written. The author clearly has talent, but I found the plot to be slow, and odd to say the least. At no stage was I invested in it, nor did I really connect with the characters, yet I still read to the end, though I don't know why!! Other than that, I don't have much to say.

I will try out other things by the author because he writes vividly but this one wasn't for me.

Linda Jones read this well. She was easy to follow and had enough tones and voices to distinguish the characters.

I was given this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. This in no way affected nor influenced my thoughts.

Creepy island with creepy people. Mmmmmm.

I received this audiobook for free in exchange for a fair review.

The premise of this book sucked me in from the beginning. A murder happens on an isolated island with some quirky, creepy people that just ooze uneasiness. When the investigator gets to the island, he finds some strange people who obviously do not want him there. Something is not right with the island and you're just not sure what it is. Is there something supernatural going on? Are the people just crazy? Is this some weird religious doomsday cult? What could it be? Linda Jones does an excellent job with the narration and communicating the tension of the story. The story itself was a little clunky and disjoined at the beginning, but it got better as it went along. About halfway through the book, the story really picked up and got exciting. It really became a fascinating story. I'll be checking out other books by this author and narrator. Check it out.

Creepy and Dark and Atmospheric

This is a creepy, dark, and atmospheric story with claustrophobic moments and small town mob mentality and murder. And all of those things are great and the author writes really fantastically. But I saw this compared with a gothic novel in the past and like many of those I found myself wishing there was more stuff that happened. It's really good at what it does, but it's not what I expected from it.

Narration was great and brought a little more energy to it.

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Well Written & Boring

It's clear to me that John C. Foster is an excellent writer, but this book is not very compelling. I found myself going in and out while listening to it and even while trying very hard to stay focused, I was just not interested. I can't recommend this book to anyone! Linda Jones did a fine job, however.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Isle review

The Isle is unforgettable. It belongs in that dark place between The Complete Collection of H.P Lovecraft and the Hard Case Crime books of Stephen King.