The Girls in the Basement

De: Steena Holmes

Narrado por: Christina Traister

FROM TWO-MILLION-SELLING AUTHOR STEENA HOLMES AN UNPUTDOWNABLE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER.

Jillian thought she knew her husband. They’ve been married for twenty years. But she doesn’t know him at all.

Jillian Harper thought moving to the quiet little town in Montana would be the fresh start her family needed. A charming farmhouse, friendly neighbors, and endless open fields—it was supposed to be perfect.

Until the bodies are found.

Buried deep on their land. Hidden for years.

The police are everywhere. The town is whispering. And Tucker—her devoted husband—is acting . . . strange. He won’t tell her where he was all day. He won’t explain why his phone was off. And worst of all—he won’t meet her eyes.

Jillian knows Tucker is lying. She just doesn’t know why.

But the truth is far worse than she imagined. . .

AN EXHILARATING BLEND OF BREATHTAKING SUSPENSE AND NAIL-BITING TENSION WITH A SHATTERING FINAL TWIST BY A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR.

Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, John Marrs, A.L. Torre, Shari Lapena, T.M. Logan and Clare Mackintosh.

©2025 by Steena Holmes. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Redundant and long winded

Honestly the interactions between the characters were so longwinded and redundant. Jillian and Tucker had the exact same conversation in every chapter…..the book could have probably been half the length it was. There were so many times where the author was over descriptive and you just wanted her to get to the point. Also Jillian was a complete airhead and ended up being annoying. The story could have been so good but feel flat with the redundancies and unlikeable characters. Missing the thrilling pieces in the plot that keep you wanting more. A struggle to finish.

Predictable easy listen if you don’t listen too hard

Predictable, but easy listening.
Discusses a really horrible topic (sex trafficking) without being graphic.
The protagonist having her “revelations” at the end was as eye-rolling as it was satisfying. All I could think was “Finally. Thank the gods.”
The biggest fiction in the story is the dog behavior. I just had to pretend I was reading a fantasy novel that took place in another similar universe

Not much.

The characters were shallow and the wording was often redundant. The ending left much to be desired. Maybe this is the beginning of a bad series?

Listened to this in just a few days

This was a solid storyline with well developed characters. I’m giving it 4* instead of 5* because some parts were a little predictable. That being said, I couldn’t decide whether the sheriff was a “good guy or bad guy” until the very end.

stand by your man 2.0?

The plot became downright silly at times. Jillian's behavior was beyond retrograde. It was, quite frankly, pathologically pathetic. *I* wanted to divorce the idiot husband at least 20 times - and he's a fictional character! The narration was very good. Free with Kindle sub (thankfully).

Let me wanting more

Never listened to a book from this author and it will not disappoint! I was hooked with the preview and now I want more

Needed more depth

Very slow story. The ending didn't feel like an ending. The story had switched between multiple characters but only ended with the main with no updates on the others. The narrator made for somewhat hard listening. Her cadence and pauses were off compared to normal speech. All male characters had the same monotone speech. Wish the main the character would have had more of her opinion and didn't just blindly follow her husband the whole story. Overall just Ok. Easy listen as there's not much depth to any of it.

I felt it was a good read.

Easy to listen to and also to follow. It held my attention and the story line was smooth.

excellent

excellent story, kept my interest the entire time. only dislike was the no backbone wife. I just can't believe people would act like that in real life.

Kept me guessing

The book kept me interested and guessing. The narration was excellent. But they just left Meri and Lola hanging! Not cool.