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Coram House

A Novel

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Coram House

By: Bailey Seybolt
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Chris Henry Coffey, Jason Culp, Jackie Sanders
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Sharp Objects meets I Have Some Questions for You in this haunting novel—inspired by a true story—about a crime writer who risks everything as she investigates the mystery of two deaths, decades apart, at a crumbling Vermont orphanage.

On a blistering summer day in 1968, nine-year-old Tommy vanishes without a trace from Coram House, an orphanage on the shores of Lake Champlain. Some say a nun drowned him, others say he ran away. Or maybe he never existed. Fifty years later, his disappearance is still unsolved.

Struggling true crime writer Alex Kelley needs a fresh start. When she’s asked to ghostwrite a book about the orphanage—and the abuses that occurred there—she packs up her belongings and moves to wintry Burlington, Vermont.

As Alex tries to untangle the conflicting stories surrounding Tommy’s disappearance, her investigation takes a chilling turn when she discovers a woman’s body in the lake. Alex is convinced the death is connected to Coram House’s dark past, even if local police officer Russell Parker thinks she’s just desperate for a career-saving story. As the body count rises, Alex must prove that the key to finding the killer lies in Tommy’s murder, or risk becoming the next victim.

Drawing inspiration from the real-life stories of St. Joseph’s Orphanage, Coram House “reckons with both the long aftermath of violence and the hazards of writing true crime. It is an eerie, suspenseful mystery, sure to find readers among fans of Tana French” (Flynn Berry, author of Northern Spy).

©2025 Bailey Seybolt (P)2025 Simon & Schuster Audio
Genre Fiction Gothic Horror Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Exciting Scary Fiction Vermont Disappearance
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Monotone narration, stupidly obvious ending.

I did not like this book. It spent so much time in the weeds it was ridiculous. I kept hearing that the ending was so surprising, but it wasn't. It was glaringly, stupidly obvious. I feel like I wasted my time waiting for this book to get better but it never did. Disappointing. On top of the stupid ending, the narration is terrible. It sounds like monotone AI. Steer clear, there's way better books out there.

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