The Snakes Audiobook (Free)

Random House presents the audiobook release from the Snakes, written by Sadie Jones, read by Abigail Thaw.

‘I question if it hurts these to shed their skins,’ she said. She didn’t feel afraid standing in the darkness, imagining snakes, despite having the smell of loss of life in the surroundings.

Bea and Dan, recently married, book their tiny flat to flee London for a couple precious months. Driving through France they go to Bea’s dropout brother Alex at the resort he runs in Burgundy. Disturbingly, they find him about The Snakes all alone as well as the ramshackle resort deserted, apart from the nest of snakes in the attic.

When Alex and Bea’s parents produce a surprise visit, Dan can’t realize why Bea is indeed appalled, or why she’s never wanted him to learn them; Liv and Griff Adamson are enchanting, and wealthy. They will be the richest people he provides ever met. Maybe Bea’s ashamed of him, or maybe she regrets the secrets she’s been keeping.

Tragedy strikes suddenly, brutally, and in its aftermath the family is stripped back to its heart, and then its rotten core, and even Bea with all her power and goodness can’t get away.