The Cabin on Souder Hill

By: Lonnie Busch

Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

Michelle and Cliff Stage bought their isolated vacation cabin in the mountains of North Carolina with hopes of repairing their 18-year marriage. But when Cliff disappears one night searching for the source of a mysterious light in the woods, Michelle’s life will change in unimaginable ways. After the sheriff’s department fails to find him, Michelle scrambles down the same dark mountainside alone, the strange, beckoning light her only guide.

What she discovers is a cabin, identical to theirs, housing a life she barely recognizes - and a husband she hardly knows. Cliff is a changed man. Now caring and considerate, no longer a manipulative womanizer, he is also missing a finger. He claims that Cassie, their teenage daughter, is dead, killed in a car accident more than a year ago. Michelle knows that’s not possible - Cassie had phoned her from Atlanta only hours before. Even when shown Cassie’s grave, Michelle refuses to accept she’s gone.

Michelle wants her daughter and her life back, and the only clue to what has happened is a man named Pink. A real estate agent and the man who years earlier built Michelle and Cliff’s cabin, Pink was rumored to have killed his wife and buried her on the property, then vanished, never to be seen again. But in Michelle’s new reality, Pink and his wife still reside in town and Pink’s smile-splashed billboards are everywhere.

To get back to the world where her daughter exists, Michelle must unravel the mystery of Pink while questioning her very reality - and her sanity. Haunting, atmospheric, and deeply thought-provoking, The Cabin on Souder Hill questions the very nature of our existence and the choices we make to form it.

©2020 Lonnie Busch (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing

Great Mix of Genres

I loved this book. It brought me back to the days of Twin Peaks with its interesting characters and twisted circumstances. Mixed with a bit of dark sci-fi, witchcraft and David Lynchian weirdness, The Cabin on Souder Hill is a total winner. I couldn't break away from this novel.

5 Stars *****

Loved the story, didn't liked the narration.

It took me a while to get used to the narrator and all the moans and whispers she did at the end of the words. It was so annoying! Why? Just why? Buy the story was interesting, so I kept going. I'm glad I did because I really enjoyed! It's certainly is an odd one, but the ending was satisfying.

Overall entertaining

Too many uses of the word queer. Have to wonder why. Ending was a bit weak & unsatisfying.

Interesting Story

The book was good however, there was a lot of vulgarity and random sexual stuff all throughout. That part made it a little less enjoyable.

overall good story

This is an interesting story that keeps you wanting to know what's going to happen next, with an unexpected twist towards the end.

The narrator mostly did a good job. Although sometimes it felt like she was talking with a strain. I think this was part of one of the character's traits, but I noticed it over and over again during the actual "story telling" parts. When you're listening to books, things like this really stand out.

One last thing, although not a deal breaker to buy the book... it's just somewhat annoying. If you listen to this book, I challenge you to count the number of times the word "queer" (as in odd or strange) is said. Pretty sure it's the author's favorite word.