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Title: The Sleeper

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Gillian White

Narrator: Lynne Jenson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The sins of the past haunt an isolated farmhouse as a snowstorm rages outside . . . Its not shaping up to be a very merry Christmas. Clover Moon feels trapped in her life as a farmers wife. She certainly doesnt enjoy hosting Ferguss mother, Violet, who always finds new ways to publicly humiliate her unsatisfactory daughter-in-law. But would Violet ever seek a more violent way of expressing her disapproval?

Violet is a medium, and the voices of the dead sometimes encourage her to do disturbing things. During her stay at the farmhouse, she claims to sense an intrusive presence. Fergus then discovers the dead body of a woman floating in their flooded cellar, and the elderly Miss Bates, a resident of a nearby senior home and a client of Violets, is missing . . . With her acute sense of human nature and gift for suspense, reminiscent of Barbara Vine, Gillian White will leave you guessing until the very end.

Members Reviews:

a complicated family story with a unexpected ending.

I have just finished reading this novel and found it to be intriguing.It is a story with many twists and surprise developments yet it also was in a way rather predictable.I do not usually read mystery type books but this one got me hooked and I was interested to see what was going to happen. One of the main characters , Grandma Violet was a wonderfully entertaining potrayal of an old lady who had many dark secrets and she herself made the book worth reading. I think anyone who enjoys stories about complicated families would love this book

Atmospheric British mystery set in the dark days of December...

As daylight becomes shorter, there is nothing so comforting as a good novel. âThe sleeperâ set in the dark days of December leading up to and including Christmas certainly fills the bill. To say this novel is atmospheric is an understatement. An isolated Devon farm during a winter storm, a family gathered to spend the holidays together, andâ. a body.

Originally published in hardcover in 1998 this novel is now newly available through Open Road Media in ebook format.

"The sleeper" by Gillian White is told from three different perspectives. We have the perspective of Clover Moon, the farmerâs wife, mother of two teenage daughters, and one deeply unhappy woman. Never really cut out for the farming life she has inherited through marriage, Clover is bitter. She feels having her mother-in-law Violet as a house guest during Christmas week is putting her under even more stress than the holidays already entail. Clover has never lived up to Violetâs expectations for her beloved only son and finds fault with myriad things Clover does making Clover feel inadequate and an unsuitable wife. It is only with the help of her best friend Diana â who is also staying over Christmas â that Clover can cope with her mother-in-law.

We also have the perspective of Violet, a widow, who remembers her entire married life on this farm. Hers was a very different existence there as she worked alongside her husband and was a true helpmeet who strived to make the farm a success. Upon Williamâs death, she moved to the tourist town of Torquay where she now has a small bungalow. She holds seances there and has a regular group visit her bungalow to attend them.