EPISODE · Mar 17, 2020 · 5 MIN
After Me Comes the Flood: A Novel by Sarah Perry
from Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense · host Joshua Koch
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After Me Comes the Flood: A Novel Author: Sarah Perry Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 17, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: “A beautiful, dream-like, unsettling narrative in which every word, like a small jewel, feels carefully chosen, considered and placed. Rarely do debut novels come as assured and impressive as this one.” —Sarah Waters, New York Times bestselling author of The Paying Guests Elegant, sinister and psychologically complex, After Me Comes the Flood is the haunting debut novel by the bestselling author of The Essex Serpent and Melmoth. One hot summer’s day, John Cole decides to shut his bookshop early, and possibly forever, and drives out of London to see his brother. When his car breaks down on an isolated road, he goes looking for help and finds a dilapidated house. As he approaches, a laughing woman he’s never seen before walks out, addresses him by name and explains she’s been waiting for him. Entering the home, John discovers an enigmatic clan of residents all of whom seem to know who he is, and also claim they have been awaiting him arrival. They seem to be waiting for something else, too—something final… Written before Sarah Perry’s ascension to an internationally bestselling author, After Me Comes the Flood is a spectacular novel of obsession, conviction and providence.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After Me Comes the Flood: A Novel Author: Sarah Perry Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 17, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: “A beautiful, dream-like, unsettling narrative in which every word, like a small jewel, feels carefully chosen, considered and placed. Rarely do debut novels come as assured and impressive as this one.” —Sarah Waters, New York Times bestselling author of The Paying Guests Elegant, sinister and psychologically complex, After Me Comes the Flood is the haunting debut novel by the bestselling author of The Essex Serpent and Melmoth. One hot summer’s day, John Cole decides to shut his bookshop early, and possibly forever, and drives out of London to see his brother. When his car breaks down on an isolated road, he goes looking for help and finds a dilapidated house. As he approaches, a laughing woman he’s never seen before walks out, addresses him by name and explains she’s been waiting for him. Entering the home, John discovers an enigmatic clan of residents all of whom seem to know who he is, and also claim they have been awaiting him arrival. They seem to be waiting for something else, too—something final… Written before Sarah Perry’s ascension to an internationally bestselling author, After Me Comes the Flood is a spectacular novel of obsession, conviction and providence.
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