Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
The Plague Stones cover art

The Plague Stones

By: James Brogden
Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Buy Now for £17.99

Buy Now for £17.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

Hekla’s Children cover art
Made in Britain cover art
The Hollow Tree cover art
Bone Harvest cover art
There's Something I Have to Tell You cover art
Night Terrors Volumes 1 - 3 cover art
Cunning Folk cover art
When You Find Me cover art
The Cursed Girls cover art
Dead Bad Things cover art
My Best Friend's Exorcism cover art
Counting Crows cover art
Water Shall Refuse Them cover art
The Cleansing cover art
The Accursed Moor cover art
The Disappearance cover art

Summary

From the critically acclaimed author of Hekla’s Children comes a dark and haunting tale of our world and the next.

Fleeing from a traumatic break-in, Londoners Paul and Tricia Feenan sell up to escape to the isolated Holiwell village where Tricia has inherited a property. Scattered throughout the settlement are centuries-old stones used during the Great Plague as boundary markers. No plague-sufferer was permitted to pass them and enter the village. The plague diminished, and the village survived unscathed, but since then each year the village trustees have insisted on an ancient ceremony to renew the village boundaries, until a misguided act by the Feenans’ son then reminds the village that there is a reason traditions have been rigidly stuck to, and that all acts of betrayal, even those committed centuries ago, have consequences....

©2019 James Brogden (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing

What listeners say about The Plague Stones

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    674
  • 4 Stars
    352
  • 3 Stars
    129
  • 2 Stars
    27
  • 1 Stars
    14
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    694
  • 4 Stars
    286
  • 3 Stars
    80
  • 2 Stars
    25
  • 1 Stars
    13
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    634
  • 4 Stars
    308
  • 3 Stars
    113
  • 2 Stars
    30
  • 1 Stars
    13

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely brilliant

One of the best books I’ve read, and I’ve read many thousands.
Excellent plot and character development. Solid story progression and the intertwined timelines worked perfectly.
If there was one thing I’d have liked more of it would have been more about the research on Hester carried out by Stephane. That’s just the couch detective in me though.
A highly recommended read.
I look forward more by this author.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

6 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant

An excellent horror story, which manages to be extremely topical. Fantastic narration by Matthew Lloyd-Davies is the icing on the cake of this audio book. A perfect Halloween listen

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

5 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great story

I really enjoyed this story, great narration. I discovered this book through Audible Plus, thanks Audible, but now I have a new favourite author. Nice to have a story set in the midlands too which is where I live!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

4 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

plague stones

I really enjoyed this book, the narration was good, would recommend a very spooky read

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

4 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

A creepy tale of revenge

An absolutely atmospheric, gory story with a great monster and interesting folklore. The Plague Stones also hit differently when living through the pandemic.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

3 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

good tale

fairly good story, a bit predictable nothing to taxing. narrator generally good accents sometimes jarring

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

3 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great story

Tried this out as I didn't know the author's name. It was a great book, gripping with a twist. Highly recommend it! will look for more by James Brogden now

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

3 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Fabulous

Brilliant, got this on plus and loved every minute. On to the next one now.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

3 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Great story, worst narrator ever

It's a testament to the story that I finished this, despite the dreadful narration.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Awesomely Creepy

🧡 I love stories of vengeance and this has it in spades (and sickles). I’m also fascinated by the plague. In short, I was in this all the way.

💚 My spine tingled from start to finish. Big thumbs up there. Just one well-paced creep-fest. There were two timelines (mediaeval and present day) and the two converged over the course of the novel.

💜 Warning: There are two instances of animal cruelty. I forwarded through these parts and it didn’t affect the story.

💙 This was my first James Brogden, but not my last. Another one of his, Hekla’s Children, is also free on Audible. And - wait - yes, it’s now in my library.
__________________________________________________
SOUNDBITE

🎧 Matthew Lloyd Davies is utterly compelling in his performance. It was like being put under a spell. Accents, narratives and moods, he switched between them flawlessly. Not that I’m surprised. The man is a Royal Shakespeare Company frequent flyer after all. He knows a thing or two about a thing or two.

🎧 Lots of characters, lots of plot threads. That means attention is required throughout. No zoning out because your pasta’s boiled over. It’s worth the clean up.
___________________________________________________
SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO...

If you like this, try The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful