
The Woman Beneath the Stairs
A gripping psychological thriller with a shocking twist
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Ally’s perfect marriage to Tim Hawthorne is crumbling under the weight of one trial after another. Forced to visit Tim’s mother on her secluded island off the coast of Maine, Ally uncovers a sinister secret: years ago, a member of the family was the prime suspect in a young woman’s disappearance from the same island. Now, history is repeating itself. Another woman has vanished without a trace. Ally digs into all the dark secrets of the Hawthorne family’s past, but what she discovers may cost her more than her marriage — it may cost her life.
From multi-award-winning Wall Street Journal bestselling author Christopher Greyson comes a heart-pounding psychological mystery thriller that will leave you gasping for breath until the shocking conclusion.
Grab your copy and start reading this electrifying novel today!
Christopher Greyson's novels have been read by millions of readers. Look for other standalone novels by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Christopher Greyson featuring leading man Detective Jack Stratton. These books can be read in any order.
The Detective Jack Stratton Mystery-Thriller Series
And Then She Was Gone (Prequel)
Girl Jacked
Jack Knifed
Jacks Are Wild
Jack and the Giant Killer
Data Jack
Jack of Hearts
Jack Frost
Jack of Diamonds
Captain Jack
Jack of Spades
Also by Christopher Greyson:
The Girl Who Lived
• Best Mystery-Thriller eBook of the Year — Independent Publisher Book Awards
• Winner Best Thriller — National Indie Excellence Awards
• Winner Best Thriller — Silver Falchion Award
• Finalist eBook Fiction — Indie Book Awards
• Silver Medal Suspense — Reader’s Favorite Book Awards
One Little Lie
The Adventures of Finn & Annie
Pure of Heart
The Dark
KIKU – The Yakuza War Trilogy
A Beautiful Place to Die
Kindle the Fires of War
Dance of Death
Please visit ChristopherGreyson.com to find out more about your favorite characters, giveaways, and updates on new book releases and get a FREE copy of the exclusive Detective Jack Stratton short story: FIRST PATROL.
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- Hera Marsh
- 03-20-24
Great story with twists and turns
The virtual story teller. It would have been better with a live person narrating the story for better voice inflection
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- Lana Carter
- 07-28-24
AI performance horrible
First of all, the AI performance was really bad, you can't tell the difference between who is talking, hard to follow. And the story is just insane. Nothing makes scence
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- bmorris
- 09-18-24
Great story. Can't do the Virtual Voice.
Thought I'd try the Virtual Voice and it will have to be my last. I liked the story and characters, but was distracted by the narration.
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- John
- 03-24-24
The story
Hated the virtual voice commentary Too monotone and couldn’t tell difference between speakers at times.
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- Both
- 03-10-24
Endless
Way too long and drawn out. Kind of sappy. Nothing out of the ordinary. But it was free.
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- Desert Girod
- 04-14-24
Good Story - Don't like AI Reader
First book from this author and I enjoyed the story and characters. The pace was good and kept me listening. The only complaint is the clunky AI reader. The voice was emotionless during conflicts and life or death situations. A shout or yell was deadpan and it would take a moment to understand the emotion of the character.
Would listen to more books by this author.
Not really interested in listening to another AI reader drone through the story.
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- Ratqueen Reader
- 04-14-25
Virtual voice was terrible
I couldn’t really listen to the whole story as the droning voice was so distracting. There was no tension no buildup no emotion no suspense. Glad it was free and I didn’t pay for it.
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- Deborah J. Cooley
- 03-23-24
Great Story
I loved the Characters and the story. I found it entertaining and the ending was very good. Very surprising, I'm so glad I grabbed it. How ever the AI reader was boring and ruined a book that could be outstanding. Big thumbs up to the author.
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- Laura A. McGowan
- 03-07-24
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I did not like the generated computer audio. There was no emotion in the reading,it was stall.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-18-24
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I think the book was pretty good. The Virtual Voice was very distracting. It didn't seem to get the inflections at the correct speed or at the right time. It was hard to figure out who was speaking and what they were talking about.
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