The Angel Maker: A Novel

Written by Alex North

Narrated by Rosalie Craig

"Narrator Rosalie Craig is especially adept at providing varying voices to assist the listener in identifying characters." - AudioFile Magazine

This program is read by London Evening Standard Award–winning actor Rosalie Craig, who also plays Virginia in Netflix's 1899.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Whisper Man and The Shadows comes a dark, suspenseful new thriller about the mysteries of fate, the unbreakable bond of siblings, and a notorious serial killer who was said to know the future.

Growing up in a beautiful house in the English countryside, Katie Shaw lived a charmed life. At the cusp of graduation, she had big dreams, a devoted boyfriend, and a little brother she protected fiercely. Until the day a violent stranger changed the fate of her family forever.

Years later, still unable to live down the guilt surrounding what happened to her brother, Chris, and now with a child of her own to protect, Katie struggles to separate the real threats from the imagined. Then she gets the phone call: Chris has gone missing and needs his big sister once more.

Meanwhile, Detective Laurence Page is facing a particularly gruesome crime. A distinguished professor of fate and free will has been brutally murdered just hours after firing his staff. All the leads point back to two old cases: the gruesome attack on teenager Christopher Shaw, and the despicable crimes of a notorious serial killer who, legend had it, could see the future.

A Macmillan Audio production from Celadon Books.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio
• Release date: Feb 28, 2023
• ISBN: 9781250837790

Alex North

Alex North is the internationally bestselling author of The Whisper Man and The Shadows. He lives in Leeds, England, with his wife and son, and is a British crime writer who has previously published under another name.

Reviews for The Angel Maker

[Emily Lassiter Branch · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This is one of those book reviews that I have trouble writing. A book that I'd really looked forward to reading, from an author I've enjoyed before, ends up being a book I did like well enough, but just didn't love - but I can't quite figure out why I didn't love it. This is a book that takes focus - it jumps back and forth both in time and in perspective. And I suspect the stuff of daily life got in the way of my completely engaging when I listened to this book. It's dark and twisty, with a serial killer with a really messed up mind, all elements I usually love, but something just didn't completely gel with me on this one. I suspect if I gave it another try I'd enjoy it more - and recommend anyone considering it to give it a go when you can really focus on it. I will say that it wasn't an issue with the narration, which was quite well done by Rosalie Craig.
Thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for providing a copy for an unbiased review.

[Bekah Page Turner · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This ended up being a pretty good book. I read it as a book club pick for October. It was appropriately creepy; enough to to raise the hairs on the back of one's neck at times. One star off because the first several chapters were rather slow and it took a while for me to really get into it.