The Night Visitors

A Novel

By: Carol Goodman

Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer

Length: 8 hrs

Publisher's summary

The latest thriller from the internationally best-selling author of The Lake of Dead Languages and The Other Mother, a story of mistaken identities and missed chances, forgiveness, and vengeance.

“Carol Goodman is, simply put, a stellar writer.” (Lisa Unger, New York Times best-selling author of The Red Hunter)

Alice gets off a bus in the middle of a snowstorm in Delphi, NY. She is fleeing an abusive relationship and desperate to protect Oren, 10 years old, a major Star Wars fan and wise beyond his years. Though Alice is wary, Oren bonds nearly instantly with Mattie, a social worker in her 50s who lives in an enormous, rundown house in the middle of the woods.

Mattie lives alone and is always available, and so she is the person the hotline always calls when they need a late-night pickup. And although according to protocol, Mattie should take Alice and Oren to a local shelter, instead, she brings them home for the night. She has plenty of room, she says. What she doesn't say is that Oren reminds her of her little brother, who died 30 years ago at the age of 10.

But Mattie isn't the only one withholding elements of the truth. Alice is keeping her own secrets. And as the snowstorm worsens around them, each woman's past will prove itself unburied, stirring up threats both within and without.

©2019 Carol Goodman (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers

Great story with an unexpected ending.

This novel captivated me from beginning to end. I loved it! Carol Goodman is an amazing author. The narration was on point also!

The ghost

The ghost of the little boy was a little much. It took away from an otherwise good story.

Suspenseful till the end

There are so many twists and turns it’s hard to stop listening. I loved the way it all worked together and would definitely listen to it again.

Disappointed

In the early 2000 I read my first Carol Goodman book and fell in love with her stories. This book does not come close to those earlier stories. It dragged. I listened to the last 2 hours on high speed just to get through the book. Very disappointing.

Gripping

Carol Goodman is one of my favorite writers. The storyline behind this book between Maddie and Alice was interwoven with intrigue mystery and all of the twist that she’s known for. The storyline kept me guessing as to what direction the plot would be taken. I was not disappointed in the storyline. I will give one word of caution the narration of this book was poor. The story is told by the two women Maddie and Alice the narrator did not change her voice inflection while the train these two women it’s sometimes made it difficult as to who was speaking Alice or Maddie I had to go back and re-listened to certain parts to understand who was speaking. I will not choose to listen to another book by this narrator

Beautiful, heartbreaking, terrifying and soulful.

This story was so powerful in so many ways. The experiences of the characters so touching. Strength and hope ; love and loss.

political agenda

Didn't care for the obvious political agenda in the story. Stick to writing a good story.

Okay book

Dragged on when it didnt need to. A bit predictable and convenient. But a good story.

Great mystery

I really enjoyed listening to this book. It kept my interest and I liked the psychology involved and real life workings of the ways abused women and children can be helped. Worth the listen!

Great matchup of narrator and text

This well written and especially well plotted fiction was hard to put down. Jane Oppenheimer has one of those “read me the phone book” voices, and it works perfectly with Goodman’s well drawn, motivated characters. I truly enjoyed this listen.