SLADE HOUSE

It’s not necessary to listen to THE BONE CLOCKS in order to thoroughly enjoy this sequel. Top-notch narrators Thomas Judd and Tania Rodrigues give amazing performances of Mitchell’s wildly original characters and surreal situations. A sinister brother and sister invite certain young people to Slade House. Each person who accepts the invitation—a preteen boy, a college girl, a cop—becomes important to us just before the unthinkable happens. Meanwhile, the war is still going on between the compassionate Horologists, helpers of humankind, and the ominous, self-serving Anchorites. Both narrators make the creepy moments in this genre-bending haunted-house mystery memorable. David Mitchell’s divine fiction is bigger on the inside. The deeper you go, the more there is. S.J.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2015]