The Many - Wyl Menmuir Audiobook

Written by Wyl Menmuir
Read by Gavin Osborn
Format: MP3
Bitrate: Variable
Unabridged

Original publication date: 2016
Audiobook release date: 2017
Publisher: Bolinda/Audible audio
Audiobook duration: 4:17:13

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‘He deserves 10 out of 10 when it comes to the creation of atmosphere, and Menmuir can certainly write … A writer to watch.’ — The Independent

Timothy Buchannan buys an abandoned house on the edge of an isolated village on the coast, sight unseen. When he sees the state of it, he questions the wisdom of his move but starts to renovate the house for his wife, Lauren, to join him there.

When the villagers see smoke rising from the chimney of the neglected house, they are disturbed and intrigued by the presence of the incomer, intrigue that begins to verge on obsession. And the longer Timothy stays, the more deeply he becomes entangled in the unsettling experience of life in the small village.

Ethan, a fisherman, is particularly perturbed by Timothy’s arrival, but accedes to Timothy’s request to take him out to sea. They set out along the polluted coastline, hauling in weird fish from the contaminated sea, catches that are bought in whole and removed from the village.

Timothy starts to ask questions about the previous resident of his house, Perran – questions to which he receives only oblique answers and increasing hostility. As Timothy forges on despite the villagers’ animosity and the code of silence around Perran, he starts to question what has brought him to this place, and is forced to confront a painful truth.

‘Menmuir’s homespun horror has flashes of Daphne du Maurier’s ghost-gothic and John Wyndham’s dystopia while displaying its own individuality and flair.’ — The Guardian

‘… an intriguing first novel.’ — The Times