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    Audiobook9 hours

    The Door at the Top of the Stairs

    Written by Alison Naomi Holt

    Narrated by Christa Lewis

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    About this audiobook

    2022 Winner of the Audiobook Reviewer’s Choice Award

    Read by Earphones Award-winning narrator Christa Lewis

    “Gripping, Refreshing, Truly Beautiful”

    The Door at the Top of the Stairs is a Psychological Suspense that tells of the trauma suffered by police detective Jesse Shaunessy, who is kidnapped and tortured, then thrown away by her department as damaged goods. 

    Pulitzer-nominated poet Harvey Stanbrough, who wrote about his own traumatic experiences during the Vietnam War, writes, “This is an absolutely excellent story, one of the best I’ve read in a good while. Not only is it a strong action/adventure, but it’s also a poignant story of human beings caring for each other. The way Morgan and Ryland helped lead Jesse back from her PTSD is almost a novel unto itself.”

    The psychological damage inflicted on the main character, Jesse Shaunessy, is soul-wrenching. Yet, in the midst of the darkness, Holt somehow interjects a lightness and humor that allows the reader to take a deep breath before plunging back into the nightmare. 

    Victoria Lucas, President of Lucas Script Consulting, writes: “I finally got some time yesterday and decided to read a couple of chapters. Well, I simply couldn’t stop — I HAD to find out what happened — and I read the entire book (completely blowing off my other projects). You have certainly created a very chilling premise and three utterly memorable characters in Morgan, Ryland, and Jesse.”

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDenabi Publishing
    Release dateAug 1, 2020
    ISBN9781662250866
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    The Door at the Top of the Stairs
    Author

    Alison Naomi Holt

    “Words are such uncertain things; they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do.” ― Agatha Christie, Partners in Crime Alison, who grew up listening to her mother reading her the most wonderful books full of adventure, heroes, ducks, and dogs, promotes reading wherever she goes and believes literacy is the key to changing the world for the better. In her writing, she follows Heinlein’s Rules, the first rule being You Must Write. To that end, she writes in several genres simply because she enjoys the great variety of characters and settings her over-active fantasy life creates. There’s nothing better for her than when a character looks over their shoulder, crooks a finger for her to follow, and heads off on an adventure. From medieval castles to a horse farm in Virginia to the police beat in Tucson, Arizona, her characters live exciting lives, and she’s happy enough to follow them around and report on what she sees. Alison's previous life as a cop gave her a bizarre sense of humor, a realistic look at life, and an insatiable desire to live life to the fullest. She loves all horses & hounds and some humans…  To find out more, go to her website at www.alisonholtbooks.com.          

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