The Madness

By: Dawn Kurtagich

Narrated by: Imogen Church

Award-winning author Dawn Kurtagich masterfully weaves a captivating tale of suspense and horror, in which Dr. Mina Murray returns to the windswept shores of Wales to help her childhood friend fight the mysterious illness that plagues her. When the lines between reality and delusion begin to blur, Mina must face off against a monstrous legacy—or be consumed herself.

Beware what waits in the shadows…

With one unexpected email from her estranged best friend, Lucy, Mina Murray’s carefully curated life is turned upside down. Leaving behind her psychiatric practice in London, she returns home to the windswept shores of Wales. Faced with everything she’s left behind, she soon discovers that Lucy’s symptoms mirror those of her mysterious amnesiac patient hundreds of miles away.

With nothing but an untreatable sickness connecting the two women, and with Lucy’s life on the line, Mina finds herself asking questions and being drawn ever-deeper into a web of secrets, missing girls, and the powerful, nameless force at its center—one that has been haunting her for years.

As terrible, ancient truths begin to reveal themselves, Mina prepares to confront her own darkest secrets, and with them, an evil beyond comprehension. Together with a group of smart, savvy women, Mina seizes one last, desperate chance to stop the cycle that began so long ago. But there are dangers to inviting the attentions of what might not be a man, but a monster…

Excellent story AND narrator

Scary and well written - the older I get I realize the witches were right all along. Highly recommend- finely tuned narrator too, very adept with the different characters' voices. I never got confused who was speaking, which I almost always do. I think this book deserves a read more than just a listen, it is that good.

Enjoyable new spin on an old story!

I love a good vampire story and this one took a modern day twist. Like my review title states, it was an enjoyable new spin on an old story. When I first started listening I thought the narrator would drive me crazy but I quickly came to realize why she was using the tone of voice she was choosing to use. She did an amazing job! Absolutely fabulous! I listened to the book at a little bit of a faster speed than average and it was perfection. She knocked the different characters out of the ballpark! Really enjoyed the story.

Great story and performance

I thought it was a unique take on a familiar story and the voice actor was excellent

The narrator

I like how the narrator made the story alive. The story line wasn’t that good for my taste but still enjoyable .

Dracula fan-fiction?

The readers weren’t the best, the “accents”were all over the place. But it was still worth it. Good story.