The Unquiet Past

By: Kelley Armstrong

Narrated by: Gabrielle Vaughn

Tess has always been tormented by waking visions that make her question her sanity. When the orphanage she lives in burns down, she decides to face her fears and find out once and for all what is wrong with her. She believes the truth must lie with her parents, and so, armed with only an address and phone number, Tess travels to a crumbling mansion in rural Quebec, where she discovers evidence of mistreatment of mental patients. She also makes an unlikely ally and gradually unearths her family’s sad history—and finally accepts the truth about her paranormal powers.

Part of the SECRETS—a series of seven linked novels that can be listened to in any order.

©2015 Kelley Armstrong (P)2022 Orca Book Publishers

I Unskilled Narrator ruins experience

I could not get past the narrator in chapter 1. It sounded like her bathroom and was way too dry and rhythmic; like a formal Sunday teacher reading to kids. I have no idea if the story is any good. But given I own every book of her in print and audio I can guess it’s fantastic but I won’t know now. I won’t listen to it further. Kelley deserves better than this narrators skill level. Just my opinion. I’m very disappointed in the performance.