The House on Gable Street
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The House on Gable Street
Narrated by:
Paul Thornley
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Narrated by:
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Paul Thornley
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Stephen Leather
About this listen
In the middle of the night, two young infants start screaming in their bedroom as the temperature drops, the baby mobiles spin wildly and the room is filled with an aura of fear, panic and dread....
Jack Nightingale is called to investigate these spooky goings on in the house of occult-metal rock star Jimmy Deadman and his health-crazed supermodel wife, Mary Madison. To try to work out what’s going on and save the poor children from the haunting, he must delve into the history of the town and the house itself and discover the meaning of two mysterious occultist lockets gifted to the babies on the day of their baptism.
©2018 Stephen Leather (P)2019 Isis Publishing LtdListeners also enjoyed...
Top book
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Super book
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Another Jack Nightingale outing.
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More please.
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Old crimes come to light
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But, the characters are good, and it was easy to visualise the place and people whilst listening.
Worth a purchase or credit.
Great listen as always
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Pure genius
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However, that disappointment waned as I began to enjoy those short stories as much as the "Nightingale" novels.
The House is an excellent story just long enough for an afternoon in the sun or a bedtime story for adults, of course.
The House has an excellent plot and is enhanced by Paul Thornley's narration.
I suppose I would like Jack Nightingale to be able return to England in a novel one day, supported by all the friends living, dead, evil (Proserpine) and good to defeat the powerful occultists that forced him to die, resurrect and flee to America. And, from then on leave Stephen free to create stories on both sides of the pond. I sort miss Jenny, his long suffering, underpaid assistant. Perhaps even greater involvement by her. She was his ying to his yang.
Only Stephen Leather knows the character, Proserpine. However, I get the impression that she is being painted as a "good" demon. Of course, she isn't.
She currently owns Nightingale's soul. But, in so doing, all the demons living and dead Jack sends back are collected by her and therefore increasing her power and standing in hell. Jack is therefore the ying to her yang.
I believe Proserpine is a clever demon that knows, as only Satan does, that good and evil, right and wrong are two sides of the same coin. She basically controls a good living angel in Jack Nightingale and that makes her very, very powerful. It is also the reason her dog (another soul she owns) dislikes Jack immensely and growls every time he sees Jack.
The House (Short story)
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Jack is again called to aid in a supernatural problem. (Not giving spoilers!).
Suffice to say, as mirrored in life, a supermodel and a rockstar have a life together.
One has a life tied to the grounds of where they live the most ordinary life they can.
But, once their childrens’ room becomes a problem, Jack is asked to work out why by his dark arts acquaintance.
A twisted tale ensues. If new to the Nightingale series, you will need to start from the beginning of the series.
A really gripping and chilling tale of life 50+ years ago.
My 2 only gripes are that firstly, it’s too damn short! Secondly, why hasn’t this series been picked up by tv producers? It should be.
Just too short
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