The Crows

Pagham-on-Sea

By: C. M. Rosens

Narrated by: C. M. Rosens

Carrie Rickard, leaving an abusive relationship back in London, tries to escape her own past by throwing herself into her restoration project: Fairwood House, known to locals of Pagham-on-Sea as The Crows. Unable to resist as it whispers to her, Carrie’s obsession only grows when she discovers it was the site of a gruesome unsolved murder.

As Carrie digs deeper into the mystery surrounding the bloodless child stuffed up the kitchen chimney in the 1950s, she awakens dark and dangerous forces that threaten her own life.

Cue an introduction to her eldritch neighbour, Ricky Porter, a foul-mouthed modern-day Merlin in a hoody and a tracksuit, who claims he can see the future. But Ricky, as obsessed with The Crows as Carrie is, has an agenda and several secrets of his own, not least of which are what’s really under his hood, and what he’s got in the cellar....

Is his offer of help sincere? Or is he the reason she's doomed?

THE CROWS is a Gothic Paranormal novel for fans of haunted houses, eldritch monsters, and things that go bump in the night. Content warning for psychological abuse, body horror, gore, strong language, and scenes of an unsettling nature.

©2020 C. M. Rosens (P)2021 C. M. Rosens

Narration is a deal breaker

I cannot honestly review this book.
All that I can say is that, even reducing the track speed of the narration couldn’t make it palatable.
Flat, lifeless, rushed, emotionless, and incredibly disappointing.
The story is probably good as a hardcover read, but don’t be mislead the way that I was and waste your time and money here.
I’ve never heard a more lifeless, robotic performance.
It’s as if the narrator just wanted it over with, as if it was painful for her to finish.
I can’t stand leaving bad reviews, and it’s extremely rare that I do so.
If I dislike a particular book or narrator, I generally say nothing at all.
But because this one has such potential I felt truly cheated by this forced and miserable narration.
Sorry.
It’s probably a great hard copy read, just don’t listen to this one.
You’ll find yourself regretting it.