The Doll's House

A Short Story

By: Lisa Unger

Narrated by: Mia Barron, Kimberly Woods

A widowed mother, ready to give love another chance, moves into her fiancé’s old family home with her teenage daughter. But as they try to build a future together, the past refuses to let go in this haunting short story from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger.

When Jules first meets the handsome artist Kirin, she’s still mourning her husband’s death, but a fairytale romance soon sweeps her off her feet. Now she and her daughter Scout are moving out of the city and into Kirin’s once-lonely mansion. He’s thoughtfully updated and adapted the home to match their personalities. But Scout is determined to keep her father’s memory alive by rejecting the new life her mother and Kirin have spun for her.

Scout’s sullenness begins to fade, though, when she finds a beautiful handmade doll in one of the many empty rooms in the house. Kirin says that the doll belonged to his late sister and he’d like Scout to have it. Scout’s hopeful for a connection over their shared grief, but as she grows more curious about Kirin’s sister, she can’t escape the feeling that a danger lurks in the house…and its gaze is fixed on her mother.

©2024 by Lisa Unger. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Suspenseful

I liked listening to this. The characters were interesting. There were some creepy moments. The narrators were good.

Creepy!

That was a great short story! The narrators were also great! If you want something quick, I would choose this one.

Mysterious and eerie!

A nice little short story by Lisa Unger that delivered huge.

A widowed mother and her teenage daughter move into her new fiancé’s extravagant home, but soon thereafter there are signs that something dangerous lurks within their new home.

I listened to this audiobook version and the narrators were amazing bringing to life the two POVs between mother and daughter.

Mysterious and eerie with a touch of creepy. For such a short story it kept a good pace and left me hanging on every word.

Doll

I love a good creepy mystery book! So awesome. Kept my attention the entire time.

Storyline

I loved the plot and the characters. A surprise ending I didn’t see coming Loved it