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In the Night Room (Abridged): A Novel Audiobook
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In his latest soul-chilling novel, bestselling author Peter Straub tells of a famous children’s book author who, in the wake of a grotesque accident, realizes that the most basic facts of her existence, including her existence itself, have come into question. Willy Patrick, the respected author of the award-winning young-adult novel In the Night Room, thinks she is losing her mind–again. One day, she is drawn helplessly into the parking lot of a warehouse. She knows somehow that her daughter, Holly, is being held in the building, and she has an overwhelming need to rescue her. But what Willy knows is impossible, for her daughter is dead. On the same day, author Timothy Underhill, who has been struggling with a new book about a troubled young woman, is confronted with the ghost of his nine-year-old sister, April. Soon after, he begins to receive eerie, fragmented e-mails that he finally realizes are from people he knew in his youth–people now dead. Like his sister, they want urgently to tell him something. When Willy and Timothy meet, the frightening parallels between Willy’s tragic loss and the story in Tim’s manuscript suggest that they must join forces to confront the evils surrounding them.
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"Cool sequel to "Lost Boy Lost Girl" has the hero from the first novel getting e-mails from ghosts, meeting a pissed-off angel, trying to contact his missing/dead nephew, and meeting a woman who is being chased by her dangerous husband. One of the all-time great mind-fucks about 1/3 of the way in."
— Patrick (4 out of 5 stars)
In the Night Room Listener Reviews
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" Story within a story within a story. When I began the book, I thought, I prefer lost boy, lost girl. Toward the middle, I thought, how could I ever prefer lost boy, lost girl over this? At the end, I thought, thank you for Cyrax. "
— Matt, 2/17/2014 -
" Slow first half, interesting when Willy n Tim meet up. "
— Lorraine, 2/16/2014 -
" This was mostly excruciating. The premise as something to drive a novel didn't work for me. There were moments in this that worked for me though. The boy detective whose world went gray, the first time we see the angel, email from dead people (which the protagonist started deleting), the old Byzantine guy, and especially the talk with the foster/adoptive mother. But these were all points of light in a drudge for me. So thumbs down overall. "
— Rick, 2/16/2014 -
" Horror fiction at its best "
— Vicki, 2/12/2014 -
" Interesting premise: an author struggling with his latest book is horrified to find that they have somehow come to life. Unfortunately the story doesn't live up to the concept. The reader never learns exactly how the characters cross over from the pages of an unfinished novel into the author's world; likewise, the reader doesn't exactly learn how they return to the other side. If you want to read a good book by Straub, read Koko instead. "
— Nancy, 2/8/2014 -
" Better than lost boy lost girl. But, man, I am done with Peter Straub. The ending was just about as bad as lost boy lost girl's ending. "
— Anita, 1/28/2014 -
" one of the worst books I have ever read "
— Kristi, 1/17/2014 -
" I know the old, "If you don't have anything nice to say..." but never did I want to burn a book more. "
— Kelly, 1/14/2014 -
" Solid, creepy, and well-stylized. Straub's just a good writer, no matter what the genre. He could've written in any genre. "
— Steven, 1/12/2014 -
" I never identified with the characters, I never cared what happened to them. Plus, it took me 100 pages just to figure out Willy was one of Tim's characters. "
— Joe, 1/6/2014 -
" I was expecting something scarier and it seemed like you need to have read one of his other books to really get this one. The entire idea of the book was not very well-developed. "
— Doris, 12/31/2013 -
" Confusing beginning, interesting middle, lackluster end. "
— Kendra, 12/25/2013 -
" This one was less of a jaunt then "A Dark Matter", and contained an interesting concept to play upon with the two main characters. "
— Ryan, 12/19/2013 -
" terrible -- didn't finish "
— Liz, 12/10/2013 -
" A novel so devastatingly powerful and beautiful that it left me in tears. Quite likely one of the best books I have ever read. "
— John, 10/11/2013 -
" Confusing and an over-use of analogies. Boring. Not a bad book, just not my style. "
— Seanna, 4/14/2013 -
" Couldn't even finish it. And this was the second time I've picked it up and tried! "
— Amy, 9/16/2012 -
" Read the whole book and at the end I still didn't understand it. Definitely not a good read in my opinion. "
— Melissa, 8/1/2012 -
" I do not get this book. Very slow read. Too much going on at once. "
— Sara, 5/6/2012 -
" I thought the plot of this book was great, and it had a lot of potenial, however the authors writing got in the way of it all. What could have been a good book ended up being a convoluted mess with way too many details that didn't need to be there. "
— Joey, 2/10/2012 -
" A great, mind-bending fantasy/horror/whodunit in the best tradition of Straubian mindfnck. One wonders how poor Tim Underhill gets through the day under these circumstances. "
— Fishface, 1/17/2012 -
" A good mind-bender :-) Though Straub tends to be self-referential in his books, the character of Tim Underhill is a brilliant creation. Best Underhill book is still Koko, IMHO. "
— Cambria, 12/8/2011 -
" Confusing and an over-use of analogies. Boring. Not a bad book, just not my style. "
— Seanna, 4/24/2011 -
" Story within a story within a story. When I began the book, I thought, I prefer lost boy, lost girl. Toward the middle, I thought, how could I ever prefer lost boy, lost girl over this? At the end, I thought, thank you for Cyrax. "
— Matt, 4/20/2011 -
" I found this book interesting because of the premise. Peter Straub is one of my favorite horror/fantasy writers "
— Linda, 1/12/2011 -
" Sequel to Lost Boy, Lost Girl. Good sequel. Hope he continues with the story. "
— Jeremy, 11/21/2010 -
" It started out well enough, but went downhill all of a sudden... got too cliché and all... "
— Elaine, 10/17/2010 -
" A good mind-bender :-) Though Straub tends to be self-referential in his books, the character of Tim Underhill is a brilliant creation. Best Underhill book is still <em>Koko</em>, IMHO. "
— Cambria, 8/15/2010 -
" Just finished In The Night Room by one of my favorite authors, Peter Straub, last night. If you liked his collaborations with Stephen King (The Talisman and Black House), then you should enjoy In The Night Room. "
— Lisa, 7/28/2010 -
" Confusing beginning, interesting middle, lackluster end. "
— Kendra, 7/22/2010 -
" Solid, creepy, and well-stylized. Straub's just a good writer, no matter what the genre. He could've written in any genre. "
— Steven, 7/13/2010 -
" This is an older book that I picked up at the local library sale for $1. really enjoyed it! "
— Rebecca, 6/28/2010 -
" one of the worst books I have ever read "
— Kristi, 6/25/2010 -
" This book was terrible, more like three half completed books poorly stitched together. I had to force myself to finish it. Total let down after lost girl lost boy. "
— Mommyk8, 5/9/2010 -
" I liked this book as a follow up to lost boys and lost girls, but not as much as that book. "
— Darlene, 2/14/2010 -
" A novel so devastatingly powerful and beautiful that it left me in tears. Quite likely one of the best books I have ever read. "
— John, 12/24/2009
About Peter Straub
Peter Straub (1943-2022) was the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen novels. He has won the Bram Stoker Award for his two of his novels and a short story collection, 5 Stories; he has also won a World Fantasy Award and an International Horror Guild Award. He received a BA degree in English at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and an MA from Columbia University.
About Jason Culp
Jason Culp, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, has been acting since the age of ten, and his credits include a variety of television, theater, and film roles. He is best known for his role as Julian Jerome on General Hospital. In addition to audiobooks and voice-over work in national commercials, he has also narrated documentaries for National Geographic and the History Channel.