House of Crows

By: Lisa Unger

Narrated by: James Anderson Foster, Saskia Maarleveld, Frankie Corzo, Jonathan Davis, Adam Verner, Susannah Jones

2022 SOVAS Award Finalist for Audiobook Narration—Short Story Anthology—Best Voiceover

That long-ago summer, four friends came face-to-face with strange, dark events they couldn’t explain away. As they grew up and left town, they each tried to forget. Instead, the secrets lingering in the shadowy corners of their minds shaped their lives, haunting each of them in their own way. Now, in this chilling four-part serial by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger, it’s time to stop running. It’s time to come home.

All My Darkest Impulses
What really happened to the girl who walked into the woods and vanished forever? It’s a never-forgotten mystery that clings like a shadow in a short story about dark memories and inescapable fears.

For disgraced professor Matthew Merle, the inheritance of his grandfather’s crumbling mansion is both a burden and an offer of safe haven. His childhood friend Claire Allen, a psychiatrist, desperately needs a haven of her own after one of her patients unleashes his dark side. At turning points in their lives, it’s inevitable that they should return to the past. And to Merle House. It’s been waiting for them.

Fog Descending
A grief-stricken spiritualist thought his faith in life after death was broken. Until the ghosts of his past come calling in this short story about memories colored by fear.

Driven by an uncanny mystery from his youth, Ian Randall became a “spiritual cleanser,” ridding disturbances from homes. But his belief in the beyond was challenged by his wife’s death. Merle House, the root of Ian’s obsession, could change that. The woods are restless again. Maybe here, Ian will find what he needs - if he’s willing to make a deal with the dark.

Circling the Drain
Is it a hoax, or is it something unspeakably real? In this short story about evil games and spiraling secrets, whatever bargain you strike, there’s a price to be paid.

Mason Brandt dropped out of seminary and found a job at a spiritual center offering guidance to troubled teens. Mason was one himself years ago—a suspect in a young girl’s disappearance. When a female student is found murdered, Mason is dogged by suspicion and flees. He hopes Merle House will offer him sanctuary once again.

Love the Way You Lie
What’s drawn four damaged people back to haunted land? The answer could destroy them all in a gripping short story about trapped memories and the lies we tell ourselves.

Matthew, Claire, Ian, and Mason haven’t been back to Merle House since the summer they were sixteen. They tried for years to put their history behind them, to forget the mystery of the girl who vanished so long ago. But a powerful force from their past is still at play. This time, there’s no hiding from it.

©2021 by Lisa Unger. (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

House of Crows

Wow! Fantastic!

Just spooky enough.
I didn’t find it confusing at all as some other reviews stated.

The characters developed right along with the story.

All of the narrators were great, too!

Will definitely listen to this again, around Halloween!

Five stars!

4 stars but still very good.

I was hooked and wanted more after listening to circling the drain. I got a house of crows the same day I’m not gonna lie I was wrapped in the story. I couldn’t stop listening. The more I listened the more analogist the story became to Stephen King’s It. That’s not a bad thing. If you like it, then you’ll like this. The reason I gave at four stars is the writer try to wrap it up in a nice bow at the end but I still feel like it was all too convenient. They never explained the dark man there were a lot of loose ends. Still very good. For the record, I would never go to that Yoga retreat!

Unusual stories, a different bad character than in many other books I have listened to.

Enjoyed listening to this, the old house, the secrets, spooky woods, all the things a good story has. . .

well disguised hints

Great story telling. I was fooled till the end. The hints were subtle and nicely couched.

Very good!

Lisa Unger never fails to write a great story, with a hint of darkness! I highly recommend this book, Thank You for writing it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.