Uncanny

Written by Sarah Fine

Narrated by Scott Merriman and Bailey Carr

“A dark and twisty psychological thriller that straddles the question of what it means to be human.” —Kirkus Reviews

Two sisters. One death. No memories.

Cora should remember every detail about the night her stepsister, Hannah, fell down a flight of stairs to her death, especially since her Cerepin—a sophisticated brain-computer interface—may have recorded each horrifying moment. But when she awakens after that night, her memories gone, Cora is left with only questions—and dread of what the answers might mean.

When a downward spiral of self-destruction forces Cora to work with an AI counselor, she finds an unexpected ally, even as others around her grow increasingly convinced that Hannah’s death was no accident. As Cora’s dark past swirls chaotically with the versions of Hannah’s life and death that her family and friends want to believe, Cora discovers the disturbing depths of what some people may do—including herself.

With her very sanity in question, Cora is forced to face her greatest fear. She will live or die by what she discovers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Oct 3, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543601923

Sarah Fine

Sarah Fine is the author of several popular series, including The Impostor Queen and the Guards of the Shadowlands. And while she promises she is not psychoanalyzing those around her, she manages to use both her talent as a writer and her experience as a psychologist to great effect. Sarah's stories blur lines, challenge convention, and press boundaries. Her mash-up of seemingly disparate genres yields stories that not only are engaging but will keep readers guessing. Sarah has lived on the West Coast and in the Midwest, but she currently calls the East Coast home. She confesses to having the music tastes of an adolescent boy and an adventurous spirit when it comes to food (especially if it's fried). But if her many books are any indication, writing clearly trumps both her musical and culinary loves.

Reviews for Uncanny

[seldombites · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

An excellent twist on the classic ghost story, this book will give you chills.

[moonshineandrosefire · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

When American horror film director Richard Storm first arrives in London, he has his own secret mission. Part vacation, part research, he finds renewed purpose in working at a magazine which features weird phenomena - Bizarre. The owner and editor is herself a curiosity and opens up a whole new world to Richard - a world of strange but true hauntings, ghost hunts and spirit worship. When Richard is first introduced to beautiful heiress Sophia Endering, he finds himself helplessly in love with her.But Sophia is as dangerous to herself as she is for those who love her - for she has an almost unstoppable death wish. The smitten Richard follows Sophia through the labyrinth of her family's madness and their involvement in Nazi art thefts, down a trail formed by ghost stories more chilling then any that Richard could create for his movies.This book was very good in parts, but I have to say that it was not one of my favorite books. I had some trouble following the plot and must say honestly that I'm still not entirely sure about certain parts of the story. Mareena got this book for me because she knew how much I had enjoyed True Crime, which is also by Andrew Klavan. I give this book an A!

[turtlesleap · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Contrived. Overwrought. Disappointing. This is the only book by this writer that I have read (and probably the only one I will read) but I had the feeling that he could do better than he has in this book. It seems that he got rather caught up in his own cleverness, with stories within stories, and left his characters to degenerate into caricatures. Pity.

[ann_louise_7 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Not a classic, maybe, but one of my personal favorites in the GS genre. The insertion of ballads, 30's horror movie dialogue, a classic ghost story - serve to both move the story forward in a very original way, and entertain in their own right.- "She asked him why he hasn't been more malevolent since he died- because the revenants in his stories were always such terrible pills.." - any book that features the ghost of MR James so fondly gets a few stars from me.

[wyvernfriend · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Tollerable horror thriller that includes Templars, long life with sacrafice and gruesome murders. Nothing spectacular but not the worst I've read.