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Title: The Soprano
Subtitle: A Haunting Supernatural Thriller
Author: S. E. England
Narrator: Henrietta Meire
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-24-18
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Supernatural & Paranormal
Publisher's Summary:
It is 1951 and a remote mining village on the North Staffordshire Moors is hit by one of the worst snowstorms in living memory. Cut off for over three weeks, the old and the sick will die; the strongest bunker down; and those with evil intent will bring to its conclusion a family vendetta spanning three generations.
Inspired by a true event, The Soprano tells the story of Grace Holland - a strikingly beautiful, much admired local celebrity who brings glamour and inspiration to the grimy moorland community. But why is Grace still here? Why doesn't she leave this staunchly Methodist, rain-sodden place and the isolated farmhouse she shares with her mother?
Riddled with witchcraft and tales of superstition, the story is mostly narrated by the Whistler family who own the local funeral parlour, in particular six year old Louise - now an elderly lady - who recalls one of the most shocking crimes imaginable.
Members Reviews:
Another eerie and atmospheric novel from the undisputed Mistress of the Occult...
The Soprano is the first standalone novel of one of the most, skilful, talented master of the written word, Sarah England.
Sarah has such a way of crafting an innovative, complex plot that is both full of intrigue and deep seated intensity at the same time.
In this novel, the story plays out over 100 years and 3 generations. A story waiting to come to it's conclusion. Two families at war. Annie Bailey, matriarch and orchestrator of all that is to come is beside herself. When local businessman and staunch methodist minister, Aaron Danby, threatens to fell the sacred Odins tree, a tree that has been central, to a certain group of women for longer than they can remember, Annie hatches a plot and is in for the long term.
Odins tree is felled and two months later, on top of the old roots, a chapel is built. A show of what is to come, stamping out the past and offering a new beginning.
With the help of dark arts, witchcraft and the four that went before, is a tale of deep sadness and manipulation. And a secret that will tear a family apart for decades.
The chapters alternate and are told by different points of view, from different families and over many decades.
It's a story i really had to follow as the author uses, to great effect, the local dialect of the time. Which i loved as i felt it added to the already tense and eerie atmosphere and gave it more validity and authenticity.
This is not a fast paced tale, more of a slow burner that gives you enough to thoroughly immerse yourself in the novel. Giving you a chance to really get to know and have a feel for the individual characters. I personally felt this is actually a good way to go with what is, at times, a complex tale.
Really enjoyable and another fabulous book from ( in my opinion) the fast becoming Mistress of the dark & occult, Sarah England.
Did it make me stop in the middle of the night and listen to the trees? Yes. Did it make me double check myself when i heard animals in the woods next to me? Yes.