The Door by the Staircase

Written by Katherine Marsh

Narrated by Laural Merlington

Mary Hayes fears she’ll be stuck in the Buffalo Asylum for Young Ladies forever when a mysterious woman named Madame Z appears at the orphanage to adopt her. There, Mary is very well taken care of, but when Mary begins to explore the strange town nearby, she learns a terrifying secret about Madame Z’s identity.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Jan 5, 2016
• ISBN: 9781666590180

Katherine Marsh

Katherine Marsh is the author of Medusa: The Myth of Monsters, a Kirkus Most Anticipated Book of 2024 and Amazon Editors' Pick; The Lost Year, a National Book Award finalist and winner of the Jane Addams and Golden Kite Awards; Nowhere Boy, winner of the Middle East Book Award; The Night Tourist, winner of the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery; as well as other books for middle grade readers. A former journalist and managing editor of the New Republic, Katherine lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, two children, three cats, a rabbit, and an assortment of exotic pets.