The Cellar, Minette Walters
The Cellar, Minette Walters
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The Cellar

Author: Minette Walters

Narrator: Justine Eyre

Unabridged: 4 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/02/2016


Synopsis

Muna's fortunes changed for the better on the day that Mr. and Mrs. Songoli's younger son failed to come home from school.

Before then her bedroom was a dark windowless cellar, her activities confined to cooking and cleaning. She'd grown used to being maltreated by the Songoli family; to being a slave.

She's never been outside, doesn't know how to read or write, and cannot speak English.

At least that's what the Songoli's believe.

But Muna is far more clever — and her plans more terrifying — than the Songolis, or anyone else, can ever imagine…

About Minette Walters

Minette Walters is the author of thirteen novels—including The Shape of Snakes and The Sculptress—two novellas, and a number of short stories. Her work, which has been published in more than thirty-five countries, has received several major awards, including two Gold Daggers from the Crime Writers' Association in Great Britain and the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America. She lives in Dorset, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sophie on April 03, 2015

Walters hasn't published a book for a while. This was gripping and sinister, but I didn't understand what happened on the last two pages, which prevents me from giving it four stars.......more

Goodreads review by Blair on March 26, 2015

(2.5, rounded up to 3.) Minette Walters' entry in the Hammer Horror novella series is a tale of domestic horror rather than the supernatural sort - although a pinch of the latter is added in to spice it up. It tells the story of Muna, an orphaned girl brought to the UK illegally and forced to work a......more

Goodreads review by Ken on October 14, 2023

This was a seriously creepy book and an ideal introduction as a first read from this well wrote author. The narrative is told in an interesting way as the dialogue had no punctuation to highlight the main protagonist Muna, an illegal immigrant held as a slave in a dingy cellar by the Songoli family. T......more

Goodreads review by Nick on October 08, 2018

What a very sinister exploration of the banality of evil. When Mrs Songoli forges the papers to adopt little Muna from an orphanage, she has no sadistic intentions. She just wants someone to boss around so that she can feel more important and better about herself. In the same vein, when Mr Songoli ra......more

Goodreads review by Deborah (debbishdotcom) on June 06, 2015

On a positive note, Walters’ novella offers something very different. The Songoli family migrated from western Africa to the UK (six or so years before, we gather) bringing orphaned Muna along for the ride. We never really know Yetunde Songoli’s motivations for ‘rescuing’ (then) eight-year old Muna......more