A Narrow Door

Written by Joanne Harris

Narrated by Alex Kingston and Steven Pacey

An electrifying tale of psychological suspense and revenge at an elite grammar school where secrets run deep.

"A dark world of emotional complexity and betrayal, where twist follows twist and nothing is what it seems."—Alex Michaelides, bestselling author of The Silent Patient

"Exhilarating. Addictive. Fierce."—Bridget Collins, bestselling author of The Binding

"A psychological thriller you can't put down and an antiheroine you won't forget."—Harlan Coben


Now I'm in charge, the gates are my gates. The rules are my rules.

It's an incendiary moment for St Oswald's school. For the first time in its history, a headmistress is in power, the gates opening to girls.

Rebecca Buckfast has spilled blood to reach this position. Barely forty, she is just starting to reap the harvest of her ambition. As the new regime takes on the old guard, the ground shifts. And with it, the remains of a body are discovered.

But Rebecca is here to make her mark. She'll bury the past so deep it will evade even her own memory, just like she has done before. After all, you can't keep a good woman down.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Spotify Audiobooks
• Release date: Jan 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9781667066479

Joanne Harris

Joanne Harris is the author of seven previous novels—Chocolat, Blackberry Wine, Five Quarters of the Orange, Coastliners, Holy Fools, Sleep, Pale Sister, and Gentlemen & Players; a short story collection, Jigs & Reels; and two cookbook/memoirs, My French Kitchen and The French Market. Half French and half British, she lives in England.

Reviews for A Narrow Door

[Cindy Shaver · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great read. Hard to put down. Suspenseful and hard to see it coming.

[Mariam Shah-Rais · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Excellent plot and very well- narrated. Joanne Harris’s psychological thriller is well-written and difficult to put down.

[Leah Barton Tew · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book was interesting enough to keep my attention, but considering all of the GREAT books out there that I’m not reading, it wasn’t worth my time. It was a bit too predictable, and I really got tired of the heavy handed feminist commentary from a character who herself was incredibly sexist. I understand that is a part of this character’s psyche, but it got tiresome.

[Jonquil Jones · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Sex is real. Males should never be called by our name. This homophobic agenda pushing has got to stop.
Signed,
An old,married Lesbian