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  • Nightwatching

  • A Novel
  • By: Tracy Sierra
  • Narrated by: Emily Ellet
  • Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (399 ratings)

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Nightwatching

By: Tracy Sierra
Narrated by: Emily Ellet
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Publisher's summary

Unputdownable · Psychological Suspense · Horror · Tense · Gripping

A FALLON BOOK CLUB PICK

“Pulse-pounding locked-room suspense.”—Elle

Nightwatching is like nothing I've read before. I wolfed it down in two sittings; it's amazing.”—Lisa Jewell

A footstep on the stairs. A second to react. What happens next will determine everything.

Home alone with her young children during a blizzard, a mother tucks her son back into bed in the middle of the night. She hears a noise—old houses are always making some kind of noise. But this sound is disturbingly familiar: it’s the tread of footsteps, unusually heavy and slow, coming up the stairs.

She sees the figure of a man appear down the hallway, shrouded in the shadows. Terrified, she quietly wakes her children and hustles them into the oldest part of the house, a tiny, secret room concealed behind a wall. There they hide as the man searches for them, trying to tempt the children out with promises and scare the mother into surrender.

In the suffocating darkness, the mother struggles to remain calm, to plan. Should she search for a weapon or attempt escape? But then she catches another glimpse of him. That face. That voice. And at once she knows her situation is even more dire than she’d feared, because she knows exactly who he is—and what he wants.

©2024 Tracy Sierra (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“[Nightwatching] guarantees you will stay up, as I did, way past bedtime, tearing through pages to find out what happens, or you’ll be too petrified to sleep, or maybe both.”—Mary Louise Kelly, NPR

“Tracy Sierra is an impressive new talent. Nightwatching is riveting, by turns a chilling account of a horrifying ordeal and a whip-smart snapshot of marriage, motherhood, and the female experience in a man’s world. Psychological terror at its finest.”—Gilly Macmillan, New York Times bestselling author of The Manor House

“Breathtakingly superb on every level. A proper tour de force that delivers the highest possible grip factor from first word to last, and a more satisfying resolution than I dared to hope for.”—Sophie Hannah, New York Times bestselling author of The Couple at the Table

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You must listen!!

One of the best stories ever!! Great narration and development of storyline. Very suspenseful and a couple of scary places. I couldn’t stop listening. Do yourself a favor and get it!!

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Great book

Unbelievable twists and turns. Lots of "I know, oops I don't know"! Couldn't wait to finish so I could find out the ending.

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Slow burn

Started slow and kind of drug along. got better at the end so made it worth finishing. Did have some intense moments that made my heart speed up that helped pull me through.

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Loved it

The story was chilling, but I'm convinced Emily Ellet just took that up to level 100 on it. The way she told it was pure perfection. If they ever make this into a TV Show/Movie, I would want her narrating/Acting in it. This story was so good that I stayed up listening to it, I just had to know how it ended. There were moments in the beginning i had to walk away from the intensity. Very well written story and the acting in this just made it that much better.

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Really great writing with an intriguing plot

I loved this book! Very intriguing plot line that kept me in a state of anxiety toward the end. Although none of the characters were given names throughout the entirety of the book, I was able to develop a connection with them, especially the main character. Loved the setting, too. I highly recommend it!

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OBSESSED

From the first minute to the last; you’ll be hooked! My favorite book of the year!

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Scary!

This was so well written and narrated-goosebump-inducing! Great ending! I look forward to the author’s next book.

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loved it!

one of the best I've listened to since starting audio books about a year ago

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Narrator was fantastic

It was good, slow in parts, but definitely worth a listen. The Narrator was absolutely amazing. I listen to a lot of books, and just wow.

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GRIPPING

i can’t wait to hear more from this author!!!! I was hooked the first second into the book. Amazing story telling and kept me listening all the way to the end. One of my quickest listens of a book in a long time i couldn’t stop listening to it!!! The narrator did a phenomenal job of bringing brining emotion and fear to her audience!

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