The Dark Days Club

The Lady Helen Trilogy, Book 1

By: Alison Goodman

Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham

London, April 1812. Eighteen-year-old Lady Helen Wrexhall is on the eve of her debut presentation to the Queen. Her life should be about gowns and dancing, and securing a suitable marriage. Instead, when one of her family's housemaids goes missing, Lady Helen is drawn to the shadows of Regency London.

There, she finds William, the Earl of Carlston. He has noticed the disappearance, too, and is one of the few who can stop the perpetrators: a cabal of powerful demons that has infiltrated every level of society. But Lady Helen's curiosity is the last thing Carlston wants - especially when he sees the searching intelligence behind her fluttering fan. Should Helen trust a man whose reputation is almost as black as his lingering eyes? And will her headstrong sense of justice lead them both into a death trap?

In The Dark Days Club, internationally best-selling author Alison Goodman introduces listeners to a heroine who is just as remarkable as Eona - and yet again reinvents an established literary genre, making it her own.

©2016 Alison Goodman (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Recorded by arrangement with Viking Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, a Penguin Random House Company.

Critic reviews

"Narrator Fiona Hardingham expertly portrays the characters in this novel with doses of snobbery, passion, and wit.... Hardingham consistently engages the listener, keeping the action and dialogue moving at an excellent pace." (AudioFile)

Very entertaining and Transporting!

Loved it! I couldn't stop listening! Great Performance! can't wait to start the second book!

Fabulous Trilogy

I devoured this trilogy! Absolutely deliciously narrated and written, with twists and turns unexpected. I want to read all of Alison's books now! Can't wait to get started on another set. Her descriptions are effortlessly created, making it easy to create the story and characters in your mind. Delightful!

Not what I expected

I am not big fan of fantasy in books , but I listened to the whole story due to excellent, outstanding performance and author’s use of knowledge about this historic period . I liked how she used a vocabulary, language , to create the atmosphere of the époque .

A book That took me back into time.

Allison Goodman had me hooked within the first chapter of the book. I loved how she wove me into the time period, the characters and into the wickedness of those days. It was an exciting book for me!

Dark Days Club Will Lighten Your Day

An excellent read! As an avid reader, especially of fantasy, I appreciate the discovery of a unique take on the world. I don’t want to spoil anything further but if you enjoy fantasy you will love this book. The historical accuracy is a fun romp as well!