The Pale Groundskeeper
A Horror Mystery Cozy Fantasy MysteryBy Marguerite Ainsley
Length10h 1m
About this audiobook
Wren Ashcombe has taken the head gardener job at Thornfield Reach, a Bainbridge Island estate sinking gracefully into Puget Sound. The pay is good. The previous groundskeeper is still on staff.
He is also still, technically, in the ground. Silas Wick died in 1991 and has continued pruning the hedges, deadheading the roses, and offering unsolicited advice about mulch.
Thornfield Reach is the only thing holding Bainbridge Island in place, and the contract requires a living gardener. Wren's predecessor broke it. The island has been drifting ever since.
Now a storm is coming, the ferry lanes are close, and Wren has to decide what she is willing to sign away to keep a garden — and a very polite dead man — above water.
A cozy fantasy mystery of damp hedges, old bargains, and a groundskeeper who simply will not retire.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length10 hrs 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 26, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Prologue
9Chapter Eight
2Chapter One
10Chapter Nine
3Chapter Two
11Chapter Ten
4Chapter Three
12Chapter Eleven
5Chapter Four
13Chapter Twelve
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6Chapter Five
14Epilogue
7Chapter Six
15About the author
8Chapter Seven
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