Linden Manor

By: Catherine Cavendish

Narrated by: Nancy Peterson

Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

Have you ever been so scared your soul left your body?

All her life, Lesley Carpenter has been haunted by a gruesome nursery rhyme - "The Scottish Bride" - sung to her by her great grandmother. To find out more about its origins, Lesley visits the mysterious Isobel Warrender, the current hereditary owner of Linden Manor, a grand house with centuries of murky history surrounding it.

But her visit transforms into a nightmare when Lesley sees the ghost of the Scottish bride herself, a sight that, according to the rhyme, means certain death. The secrets of the house slowly reveal themselves to Lesley, terrible secrets of murder, evil, and a curse that soaks the very earth on which Linden Manor now stands. But Linden Manor has saved its most chilling secret for last.

©2014 Catherine Cavendish (P)2018 David N. Wilson

Underwhelmed

First, I need to get this off my chest: you know that creepy nursery rhyme that drives the main character to the creepy old house? We never get to read it. Come on, that is what got me interested in this book in the first place!

Overall, I was distinctly underwhelmed by this book as too many things just don`t fit. Our main character, a divorced woman, has no other relationships in her life other than her mother and her academic tutor. When she thinks she is going crazy or is being haunted, she tells it all to her tutor - not a good career move, folks. Her "historical research" is about as thorough as the author's research into any background for her story.

The high point of this audio book is the narration. Nancy Peterson kept me going even when I was rolling my eyes at the characters and the plot. Her voice was soothing and her accent perfect.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Linden Manor

Decent story. Loved the narration. I received this audiobook for free through Audiobook Boom for my unbiased review.

I could listen to Nancy Peterson narrate all day!

Nancy Peterson was the best part of listening to Linden Manor. Not to say that Catherine Cavendish didn't write a decent story, but Ms. Peterson had the perfect voice for this story and, well, I'd happily listen to a performance of her any day.

As for the story itself, Linden Manor isn't per se a thriller, horror, or very scary book. Id' say it's more spooky. Does that make sense? There are some terrible things that happened at Linden Manor in the past and a curse was put on certain people by the Scottish Bride. Lesley Carpenter learns more about the house and it's history than she ends up really wishing to. I don't want to say more without giving any spoilers away. Suffice to say, the story is more spooky than actually scary.

It was a decent story, though I didn't feel as drawn in to the story as I would have liked. I think that may have been because I kept waiting for something bigger to happen, so that's on me. If you like a smooth, steady story, you'll probably love this! I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher for an honest review.

Creepy Story - Great Narration

I enjoyed this creepy short story. I don't want to give anything away. I would like more from the author. The narration was great too, she portrayed the creepiness well.


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Great

I really enjoyed this story and the narrator was good Thank you for a chance to hear the story it was exciting

Horror with a Classic Feel

I have to say I wasn't drawn into 'Linden Manor' right away, but once I had a grasp on the general trajectory of the story, I was hooked. Nancy Peterson does a phenomenal job with the narration and Catherine Cavendish succeeds in writing a tight, gothic style ghost story. The story includes a few cliches (old house haunted by a furious old spirit) but includes enough unique twists on the idea that it didn't bother me at all. Though I did find the ending to be a bit unsatisfying, I enjoyed the book nonetheless. I would recommend this story just to hear Peterson narrate it!

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

not a spooky one like i thought it would be

Where does Linden Manor rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I really did like this story, i would rank it just about the middle of all my audiobooks, but near the top of the ones in this genre.

What did you like best about this story?

I really liked the little twists. There wasn't anything huge that made me really think "holy cow, did i just read that right", but it was enough that i wanted to know what would happen next.

What about Nancy Peterson’s performance did you like?

Nancy Peterson did do the voices really well. I never had to wonder who was talking and none of voices seemed strained or not right for the character.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The part near the end with the main characters mother.

Any additional comments?

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Linden Manor

This was a good old scarey tale.Told by her mother to leave the story alone,a young woman decides nothing can be that bad and heads to her destiny.Narration was very good.

A Modern Day, Old-School ghost story. Creepy!!!

I very much enjoyed this story. The main characters were well developed and the back story for the "Haunting" was revealed slow enough that it does not give anything away before the end. The house/manor had a very creepy feel and became another character among the many great characters. Even though it was a modern day story, the way it was written reminded me of the old school Victorian era haunted house stories of the 70s and 80s. Easily fits in with Straub and Herbert.

Nancy Peterson did a great job with the voices and gave the story a very authentic feel.

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The Haunting and Evil Continues

Enjoyed this dark and creepy horror short. The main characters are Lesley, the “Scottish bride” (Celia) and Ryah. The Linden Manor is cursed and spooky and found Lesley is distantly related to the evil and is destine to be guardian to the house. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. Thank you