“The End of Temperance Dare” by Wendy Webb is a mystery novel that tells the story of Eleanor Harper, a former journalist who is hired as the director of a writers’ retreat located in a remote and haunted mansion, called Cliffside Manor. The retreat was founded by Temperance Dare, a prolific author who mysteriously disappeared years ago.

As Eleanor tries to manage the eccentric group of writers who have come to the retreat, she begins to unravel the dark secrets of Cliffside Manor and the strange occurrences that haunt it. She discovers that the disappearances and deaths of several people are connected to the previous writers’ retreats and the history of the mansion.

As Eleanor digs deeper, she realizes that she may be in danger and that she must uncover the truth about the past to save herself and the current residents of the mansion. In the end, she uncovers a shocking truth that will change everything she thought she knew about the mansion and its inhabitants.

Overall, “The End of Temperance Dare” is a gripping mystery that explores the themes of personal and collective trauma, memory, and the power of storytelling.

• The End of Temperance Dare

• A Novel
• By: Wendy Webb
• Narrated by: Xe Sands

Haunting and atmospheric, The End of Temperance Dare is another thrilling audiobook by an author that critics have called the Queen of Northern Gothic.

When Eleanor Harper becomes the director of a renowned artists’ retreat, she knows nothing of Cliffside Manor’s dark past as a tuberculosis sanatorium, a “waiting room for death”. After years of covering murder and violence as a crime reporter, Eleanor hopes that being around artists and writers in this new job will be a peaceful retreat for her as much as for them.

But from her first fog-filled moments on the manor’s grounds, Eleanor is seized by a sense of impending doom and realizes there’s more to the institution than its reputation of being a haven for creativity. After the arrival of the new fellows – including the intriguing, handsome photographer Richard Banks – she begins to suspect that her predecessor chose the group with a dangerous purpose in mind. As the chilling mysteries of Cliffside Manor unravel and the eerie sins of the past are exposed, Eleanor must fight to save the fellows – and herself – from sinister forces.

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. The author has cobbled together a first rate ghost story. The narrator…Xe Sands…could not have been better Her relaxed conversational cadence enhances the development of the plot

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