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A History of Fear: A Novel Audiobook, by Luke Dumas Play Audiobook Sample

A History of Fear: A Novel Audiobook

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Read By: Graham Halstead, Shiromi Arserio, Toni Frutin, Gary Tiedemann, Jennifer Aquino, various narrators Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 7.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 5.88 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: December 2022 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781797148496

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

66

Longest Chapter Length:

38:14 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

23 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

10:36 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

An eerie literary suspense debut following the harrowing downfall of a tortured graduate student who’s been nicknamed the Devil’s Advocate for his sensational crime: murdering a classmate, then claiming the Devil made him do it.

The Devil is in Scotland.

Grayson Hale, the most infamous murderer in Scotland, is better known by a different name: the Devil’s Advocate. The twenty-five-year-old American grad student rose to instant notoriety when he confessed to the slaughter of his classmate Liam Stewart, claiming the Devil made him do it.

When Hale is found hanged in his prison cell, officers uncover a handwritten manuscript that promises to answer the question that’s haunted the nation for years: was Hale a lunatic, or had he been telling the truth all along?

Unnervingly, Hale doesn’t fit the bill of a killer. The first-person narrative that centers this novel reveals an acerbic young atheist, newly enrolled at the University of Edinburgh to carry on the legacy of his recently deceased father. In need of cash, he takes a job ghostwriting a mysterious book for a dark stranger, but has misgivings when the project begins to reawaken his satanophobia, a rare condition that causes him to live in terror that the Devil is after him. As he struggles to disentangle fact from fear, Grayson’s world is turned upside-down after events force him to confront his growing suspicion that he’s working for the one he has feared all this time—and that the book is only the beginning of their partnership.​​

A History of Fear is a propulsive foray into the darkness of the human psyche, marrying dread-inducing atmosphere and heart-palpitating storytelling.

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“A methodical story about evil—its mystery and its toll…It blurs the line between mental illness and something less definable, more supernatural and sinister. A muscular, enigmatic, and devilishly smart read.” 

— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Quotes

  • “[A] stellar debut, a complex whydunit…Vivid prose enhances the twisty plot.”

    — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Awards

  • A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice of the week
  • An Amazon Editor’s Top Pick in Mysteries

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About the Narrators

Graham Halstead, an Earphones Award and Audie Award–winning narrator, is a professionally trained actor and voice artist. As an actor, he has worked internationally in Edinburgh and London, as well as at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. His youthful, easy-flowing voice can be heard on television and radio voicing spots for Airborne and Allegra.

Shiromi Arserio is a stage actor, voice talent, and audiobook narrator from London. She holds a BA in theater from Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance. In addition to narrating dozens of audiobooks, her voice can be heard in documentaries, e-learning projects, and video games.