The Suicide House

A chilling murder in a prestigious prep school is at the heart of this riveting new novel from acclaimed author Charlie Donlea, featuring forensic reconstructionist Rory Moore and her psychologist partner, Lane Phillips.

Inside the walls of Indiana’s elite Westmont Preparatory High School, expectations run high and rules are strictly enforced. But in the woods beyond the manicured campus and playing fields sits an abandoned boarding house that is infamous among Westmont’s students as a late-night hangout. Here, only one rule applies: don’t let your candle go out - unless you want the Man in the Mirror to find you....

One year ago, two students were killed there in a grisly slaughter. The case has since become the focus of a hit podcast, The Suicide House. Though a teacher was convicted of the murders, mysteries and questions remain. The most urgent among them is why so many students who survived that horrific night have returned to the boarding house - to kill themselves. 

Rory, an expert in reconstructing cold cases, is working on The Suicide House podcast with Lane, recreating the night of the killings in order to find answers that have eluded the school, the town, and the police. But the more they learn about the troubled students, the chillingly stoic culprit, and a dangerous game gone tragically wrong, the more convinced they become that something sinister is still happening. Inside Westmont Prep, the game hasn’t ended. It thrives on secrecy and silence. And for its players, there may be no way to win - or to survive....

©2020 Charlie Donlea (P)2020 Recorded Books

Great lister

Very gripping. A real page turner and good till the end. Would listen to this author again.

Different

I must say I was a little confused in the beginning, but the book got going I couldn’t stop listening. A little different than story line and I liked that.

Pretty good

I enjoyed story very much. Very detailed and held my attention for hours. Would listen to again.

Love it!

Oh, I almost had it this time! The red herring got me again. I really like Rory and Lane and hope to see more of them, I like their dyanamic as well as on their own. This story reminded me of summer slasher movies, like Urban Legend and Scream. I might have liked it more than Some Choose Darkness but I'm not sure. It was good though, I really love this catalogue!

Best I’ve read in a while

Loved the narrator. Story was unusual. It kept my attention. I definitely want to read more by this author and this narrator.