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    House on Fire: A Novel
    House on Fire: A Novel
    House on Fire: A Novel
    Audiobook14 hours

    House on Fire: A Novel

    Written by Bonnie Kistler

    Narrated by Cassandra Campbell

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    “A masterfully written saga of family drama in the vein of Celeste Ng, Liane Moriarty, and Sally Hepworth” (Book Reporter) about a blended family in crisis after a drunk driving accident leaves one parent’s daughter dead—and the other’s son charged with manslaughter.

    Divorce lawyer Leigh Huyett knows all too well that most second marriages are doomed to fail. Yet five years in, she and Pete Conley couldn’t be happier with their blended family.

    But one rainy Friday night, on the way back from celebrating their anniversary, Peter and Leigh receive horrific news. Peter’s son Kip, a high school senior, has crashed his truck and been arrested for drunk driving. And Leigh’s fourteen-year-old daughter, Chrissy, was with him.

    Twelve hours later, Chrissy is dead and Kip is charged with manslaughter.

    Reeling with grief, Leigh nonetheless does her best to rally behind Peter and Kip. That is, until Kip changes his story and claims that he wasn’t driving after all—Chrissy was, and he swears there is a witness.

    As they hurtle toward Kip’s trial date, husband and wife are torn between loyalty to their children and to each other, while the mystery of what really happened that night looms large.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateMar 12, 2019
    ISBN9781508280545
    Author

    Bonnie Kistler

    Bonnie Kistler is the author of The Cage and Her, Too. A former Philadelphia trial lawyer, she was born in Pennsylvania and educated at Bryn Mawr College and the University of the Pennsylvania Law School. She and her husband now live in southwest Florida and the mountains of western North Carolina.

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    • 5/5
      I couldn't put it down, had to know what happened.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      Appreciated the reader and the story. Ending was a twist I didn't see, which is unusual with most standard "thriller" fare. My issue is that it wound up in too short w/regard to the writing. It took a long time to get the characters all mapped out (well done, each one) but the wrap up seemed rushed...like when a tv series ends too quickly after years on the air. Otherwise, good story. Good plotline. Well developed characters and relationships. Just felt lost in the end at how fast they all wrapped in together and then, done.

      Will listen to another of her books and look for ones with this narrator. Not the best reader I've heard but better than so many others.

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    • 5/5
      Phenomenal audio!! I couldn't wait to come back to this everyday. I'll miss them