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Floating Staircase

By: Ronald Malfi
Narrated by: M. Sauerwein
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Following the success of his latest novel, Travis Glasgow and his wife Jodie buy their first house in the seemingly idyllic western Maryland town of Westlake. At first, everything is picture-perfect - from the beautiful lake behind the house to the rebirth of the friendship between Travis and his brother, Adam, who lives nearby. Travis also begins to overcome the darkness of his childhood and the guilt he's harbored since his younger brother's death - a tragic drowning veiled in mystery that has plagued Travis since he was 13. Soon, though, the new house begins to lose its allure. Strange noises wake Travis at night, and his dreams are plagued by ghosts. Barely glimpsed shapes flit through the darkened hallways, but strangest of all is the bizarre set of wooden stairs that rises cryptically out of the lake behind the house. Travis becomes drawn to the structure, but the more he investigates, the more he uncovers the house's violent and tragic past, and the more he learns that some secrets cannot be buried forever.

©2011 Ronald Malfi (P)2017 Journalstone Publishing Horror Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Fiction
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Cool story, narration was kinda rough. But that is a very subjective thing. Still a decent listen.

Ok

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I never realized how crucial a good narrator is to an Audible book! It was super difficult to follow the story line with this narrator as he sounded very robotic. Sorry to have to say it but I barely made it through.

Difficult to follow with the narrator

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This book was well written with an intense plot. Often times I felt myself full of anticipation with what was going to happen next.
Just scary enough to give me the creeps.
It was like being on a horror-mystery, roller coaster.
I couldn’t wait to get back to the listen of it.
Also, the narrator was very good with the reading and change in voice.

This was my first time ever reading Ronald Malfi, and surely not my last.

Great story

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It really took a lot to listen to the reader for this book. And the story was good, albeit not as good as some of the Malfi stories I've reacently come across as I am new to this author. If you can stand the Narrator give it a go.

Good story terrible reader

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Should have read it instead of listening. Narrator is so distracting any sense of horror or suspense was ruined.

Interesting Story though the Narration is horrendous.

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When the narrator was reading the main character's POV, it was fine, but any time he voiced another character, it was torture. Particularly the wife. His female voices sound like when you're making fun of someone for whining. Awful.

The story was okay. Not Malfi's best, but worth a read.

Decent story. BAD narrator.

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It is really not necessary to use sound effects (different sounds for phone calls or faint music) in the background) in audiobooks. It takes a bit away from the story. Otherwise this was a good novel.

Sound effects

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Love the book, love the story, but the male narrator tries too hard with the female characters. It's distracting. Just recite the story.

Love the Story - Narrator Just Needs to Read

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I made it exactly 10 chapters into this book and I can't stand any more. The story sounds to interesting, but I can't get past the narrator's voice and horrid impersonations to finish this book.

Horrible Narrator

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Amazing ghost story, but opt for the print version. The narration is all over the place. The voices of children and women this performer did made it hard to listen to with headphones.

Narrator does awful character voices

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