Maplecroft, Cherie Priest
Maplecroft, Cherie Priest
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Maplecroft
The Borden Dispatches

Author: Cherie Priest

Narrator: Johanna Parker, Roger Wayne

Unabridged: 12 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/02/2014


Synopsis

The people of Fall River, Massachusetts, fear me. Perhaps rightfully so. I remain a suspect in the brutal deaths of my father and his second wife despite the verdict of innocence at my trial. With our inheritance, my sister, Emma, and I have taken up residence in Maplecroft, a mansion near the sea and far from gossip and scrutiny.

But it is not far enough from the affliction that possessed my parents. Their characters, their very souls, were consumed from within by something that left malevolent entities in their place. It originates from the ocean’s depths, plaguing the populace with tides of nightmares and madness. This evil cannot hide from me. No matter what guise it assumes, I will be waiting for it. With an axe.


About Cherie Priest

Cherie Priest is the author of over a dozen novels, including Fiddlehead and Boneshaker, which was nominated for a Nebula Award and a Hugo Award and which won the PNBA Award as well as the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. She is inordinately fond of zombies, trashy goth music, and cheap red wine. Cherie lives in Tennessee.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Felicia

I really enjoy Cherie Priest's work, and this is no exception. It's a reinvention of Lizzie Borden as a bit of a Supernatural heroine. There's a lesbian love story involved too. Lots of great lady characters and super creepy horror. I really enjoyed it and if you're an urban fantasy fan, this is a n......more

3.5 stars I liked this, but it felt overly long, and could have used better pacing. It's also kind of weird to essentially rewrite what we know of history to recast a murderer as a heroine. At first glance it seems like a Abe Lincoln, Vampire Slayer-type mash-up, but it's really closer to the idea o......more