Audiobook Review: The Cavanaugh House by Elizabeth Meyette
ISBN: 9781493530960
ASIN: B01DFAMUV8
Audiobook Publication Date: March 29th 2016
Publisher: Elizabeth Meyette
Synopsis
When Jesse Graham unlocks the door to the deserted house she inherited from her Aunt Helen, she doesn’t realize she’s unlocking secrets that had lain dormant for years. Reeling from a broken engagement to acclaimed musician Robert Cronmiller, Jesse wants to leave the city where her name is linked to his in all the society pages. Her best friend Maggie, aka Sister Angelina, convinces her to take a job at a private girls school in the pastoral Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. Anticipating a quiet, revitalizing life in her aunt’s deserted house, Jesse is instead thrown into a maze of danger. Questions about her aunt’s death lead Jesse to investigate events surrounding it and the people involved, but she uncovers a web of deceit that reaches far beyond the occurrences of over two decades earlier. Still dejected from her broken engagement, Jesse finds it difficult to trust anyone, even her self-absorbed mother. Joe Riley is irresistible, but secrets obstruct involvement with him until Jesse can solve the secrets of the Cavanaugh House. Someone doesn’t want those secrets unearthed and will stop at nothing, even murder, to keep them hidden.Audiobook Review
Quaint story about a young woman who moves to a familiar small town after a breakup. While fixing up an old house, she unearths secrets that shake her to the core.
The narration had a warm, nostalgic tone, which made it hard to stop listening. While I did forget the time period, I enjoyed this paranormal suspense tale.
Spoken with clear diction and appropriate tonal changes, the narrator inhaled the essence of Jesse’s character and blew/spoke her feelings, emotions, and fears into the atmosphere.
Rating
★★★★
Bibliography
When Jesse Graham almost runs over a "body" in the road one night, she is plunged into a labyrinth of secrets, lies, and murder. All Jesse wants is a simple life teaching at St. Bart's and a chance at love with Joe Riley. She realizes that plan has been thwarted when puzzling occurrences at St. Bartholomew Academy for Girls get increasingly dangerous. The danger doesn't just spring from the ghost who haunts the grounds of St. Bart's, but from a sinister presence that is not ghostly at all. As she digs into the mystery, threats on her life and the life of her student escalate.
Which danger threatens her life the most? The ghost haunting her student or the secrets buried in the school?
About the Author
Author, blogger and believer in dreams-come-true, Elizabeth Meyette’s journey has taken her through a career in education to a career in writing. To coin a friend’s phrase, she’s not retired, she’s “refired” and loves her second career as a writer. Her first two novels, Love’s Destiny and Love’s Spirit are historical romances set in Revolutionary America. Her third and fourth novels, The Cavanaugh House and Buried Secrets are mysteries set in 1968 in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. Elizabeth and her husband, Rich, enjoy living in Michigan surrounded by the beauty of the Great Lakes. She credits her muse, Boris, for keeping the stories coming. When Elizabeth is not working on a novel or poetry, she is busy keeping up with her blog Meyette’s Musings.
About the Narrator
Amy McFadden has narrated over 250 titles in many different genres with a focus on Comedic Fiction, Romance, and not-super-violent Thrillers. She is an Earphones Award winner, and a four-time Audie Award finalist in Humor, Mystery/Thriller and Literary Fiction.
