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The Night Strangers

A Novel

by Chris Bohjalian
Alison Fraser
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From the bestselling author of The Double Bind, Skeletons at the Feast, and Secrets of Eden, comes a riveting and dramatic ghost story.
 
In a dusty corner of a basement in a rambling Victorian house in northern New Hampshire, a door has long been sealed shut with 39 six-inch-long carriage bolts. 
           
The home's new owners are Chip and Emily Linton and their twin ten-year-old daughters. Together they hope to rebuild their lives there after Chip, an airline pilot, has to ditch his 70-seat regional jet in Lake Champlain after double engine failure. Unlike the Miracle on the Hudson, however, most of the passengers aboard Flight 1611 die on impact or drown. The body count? Thirty-nine – a coincidence not lost on Chip when he discovers the number of bolts in that basement door. Meanwhile, Emily finds herself wondering about the women in this sparsely populated White Mountain village – self-proclaimed herbalists – and their interest in her fifth-grade daughters. Are the women mad? Or is it her husband, in the wake of the tragedy, whose grip on sanity has become desperately tenuous?   
The result is a poignant and powerful ghost story with all the hallmarks readers have come to expect from bestselling novelist Chris Bohjalian: a palpable sense of place, an unerring sense of the demons that drive us, and characters we care about deeply.
The difference this time? Some of those characters are dead.

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  • Release date

    October 4, 2011

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780307940803
      • File size: 406926 KB
      • Duration: 14:07:45

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      When an airline pilot who has survived a crash moves into a Victorian house in a New Hampshire town along with his wife and twin daughters, a group of mysterious neighbors--overly enthusiastic about herbal tinctures and vegan baked goods--becomes frequent guests. The result is a surprise recipe for a contemporary gothic. Alison Fraser and Mark Bramhall alternate the narration as the book shifts its points of view from that of the haunted (literally) pilot (Bramhall) and those of his wife and children (Fraser). Fraser's innocent-sounding voice captures the fright of the children and their mom, and Bramhall's understated, languid pace reveals the troubled delusions of the pilot. F.T. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 15, 2011
      Bestseller Bohjalian’s latest novel (after Secrets of Eden) is a gripping paranormal thriller set in a remote New England town. Airline pilot Chip Linton is beset by survivor’s guilt after crashing his plane upon takeoff, killing all but nine aboard. His family moves to Bethel, N.H., to escape the media glare while Chip recovers from PTSD, but they soon discover that the sleepy village harbors evil things. Their new home, once the site of a young boy’s suicide, contains mysterious passageways, hidden weapons, and a secret crypt. And their neighbors, New Age gardeners and homeopaths, soon reveal themselves to be occultists with designs on the Lintons’ twins. Chip begins receiving visits from his dead passengers, including an eight-year-old and her bloodthirsty father, who demands Chip find her a friend—at any cost. Meticulous research and keen attention to detail give depth and character to Bohjalian’s eerie world, but the spookiness consistently gives way to silliness, and the Lintons’ typical response to the strange goings on, an uneasy mix of suspicion and credulity, is a problem. Still, Bohjalian is a master,, and the slow-mounting dread makes this a frightful ride.

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