The Caretaker
- Author Marcus Kliewer
- Narrator Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Corey Brill
- Publisher Transworld
- Publish Date 23 April 2026
- Run Time 9 hours and 33 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Contemporary horror and ghost stories, Occult fiction.
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What to expect
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Follow the Rites...
Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake.
From Marcus Kliewer, a new ‘titan of the macabre and unsettling’ (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), comes a supernatural horror about a young woman who accepts a caretaking job from Craigslist, only to discover the position has consequences far greater—and more dangerous—than she ever could have imagined.
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY:
Caretaker urgently needed. Three days of work. Competitive pay. Serious applicants ONLY.
Macy Mullins can’t say why the job posting grabbed her attention—it had the pull of a fisherman’s lure, barbed hook and all—vaguely ominous. But after an endless string of failed job interviews, she's not exactly in the position to be picky. She has rent to pay, groceries to buy, and a younger sister to provide for.
Besides, it’s only three days’ work…
Three days, cooped up in a stranger’s house, surrounded by Oregon Coast wilderness.
What starts as a peculiar side gig soon becomes a waking nightmare. An incomprehensible evil may dwell on this property—and Macy Mullins might just be the only thing standing between it, and the rest of humanity.
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© Marcus Kliewer 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
Critics Review
Fast-moving dark ride of a book . . . [a] savage gut punch of an ending. Twisting
and turning but wasting no momentum, this book is for those who like their thriller stories
bowstring taut and their endings pitch black.
| Author | Marcus Kliewer |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Corey Brill |
| Duration | 9 hours and 33 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781529985672 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Transworld |
| Genre | Contemporary horror and ghost stories, Occult fiction |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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