Heather's review from Smut MattersObviously, this book is not smut. But, wow. It was so good! I really like Jennifer McMahon. I just started reading her a couple of years ago, but I'm working my way through her back list. 
 The Winter People is told in alternating voices and alternating timelines. Sara Harrison-Shea and her husband Martin both have segments in the earlier timeline; mostly in 1908 with a few a little later. Nineteen year old Ruthie and a woman named Catherine take turns with the present day sections. I was torn how to categorize this book at first, but I would say the present day sections are a mystery, while the sections from 1908 are more supernatural, ghost story, horror book. Present-day Ruthie's mother, Alice, has gone missing, and while Ruthie is trying to find her, Catherine is mourning the loss of both her husband and her son. Their stories intersect in an unexpected way, and they all intersect with the story of Sara Harrison-Shea, which Ruthie and Catherine are getting from Sara's newly discovered diary. 
 I don't really want to give away any more than is already in the synopsis. This book really depends on not knowing what's coming next. This is a great time of year for it, too. When I was listening to a big chunk of it, it was storming outside, and the wind was howling, and having this creepy story directly in my ears with my earbuds really added a lot to the experience. 
 The narration of this book was wonderful. It's narrated by two different women, Cassandra Campbell, and Kathe Mazur. Unfortunately, I don't know which of them narrated the present day story and which narrated the story from the past, but they were both excellent. Their voices were similar, but whichever of them narrated Sara Harrison-Shea's voice in the past was phenomenal. It really added to my experience listening to this book. If you have time in your audio book schedule, do yourself a favor and pick this one up.