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  • The Ghost Tree

  • By: Christina Henry
  • Narrated by: Jan Johns
  • Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (40 ratings)

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The Ghost Tree

By: Christina Henry
Narrated by: Jan Johns
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Summary

When people go missing in the sleepy town of Smith’s Hollow, the only clue to their fate comes when a teenager starts having terrifying visions, in a chilling horror novel from national best-selling author Christina Henry.

When the bodies of two girls are found torn apart in the town of Smiths Hollow, Lauren is surprised, but she also expects that the police won't find the killer. After all, the year before, her father's body was found with his heart missing, and since then everyone has moved on. Even her best friend, Miranda, has become more interested in boys than in spending time at the old ghost tree, the way they used to when they were kids.

So when Lauren has a vision of a monster dragging the remains of the girls through the woods, she knows she can't just do nothing. Not like the rest of her town. But as she draws closer to answers, she realizes that the foundation of her seemingly normal town might be rotten at the center. And that if nobody else stands for the missing, she will.

©2020 Christina Henry (P)2020 Penguin Audio
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Critic reviews

"In the mid-1980s, a terrible curse mixes with the dark hearts of prejudice and misogyny to feed on small suburb of Chicago. This is no nostalgia trip. A true page-turner, The Ghost Tree is sharp, nasty, and unflinching in presenting its supernatural and everyday horrors." (Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World)

“Christina Henry’s riff on classic small-town horror is full of dread and dark magic, with themes that resonate heavily in 21st century America. Henry’s storytelling is her own sort of witchcraft.” (Christopher Golden, New York Times best-selling author of Ararat and Red Hands)

"Henry writes with a keen eye for detail, drawing readers into the disturbing world with pitch-perfect ’80s nostalgia and plenty of eerie atmospherics." (Publishers Weekly)

“Henry is able to keep all the strands of her spider’s web woven together in a neat and concise way...The end result is a complex, interesting story with that maintains suspense and intrigue page after page after page.” (Sadie Hartmann, Cemetery Dance)

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Amazing Story

Such a good story really nostalgic and spooky! Really enjoyed listening to this! 😊

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OMG so good

I love the Christina Henry because she is the best writer for dark fairy tales.

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Love Christina Henry books

Always fantastic books from beginning to end. I either listen or read and always enjoyable xx

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Good 21st Century Horror

Highly recommended to anyone who enjoys a half-way believable paranormal horror story. Jan Johns has a soft tone, and never becomes distracting with the voices of the characters

The story maybe gets a little feminist in parts, but never to the point that it becomes more a PSA for feminism rather than a good, strong ghost novel. Would recommend

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this was pretty fan great!

Firstly, I am a sucker for supernatural stories, so this was everything. I cannot recommend this enough of you're looking for some great classic horror

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Not what I hoped it would be

As this story has every character's point of view it means that the reader knows most of what's going on way before the characters have the full picture which took out the whole mysterious, investigative element that could have been there.

Deals with minors being sexualised and the internalized male gaze. These things were very creepy and I was left wanting them to be addressed. Overall did not enjoy.

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