The Portrait That Watches the New Priest
A Gothic Tale of Confession, Silence, and the Dead Who RememberBy Isolde Ravenscar
Length1h 8m
About this audiobook
When Father Lucien Vale arrives at the isolated cliffside parish of Saint Bartholomew’s, he expects a quiet life of prayer, routine, and recovery from the scandal that drove him from his previous post. Instead, he finds a rectory steeped in damp silence, an abandoned east wing scarred by fire, and a portrait of a long-dead priest that refuses to stay where it is placed.
As whispers of a vanished servant girl resurface through hidden confessions, shifting shadows, and the terrible memory of the house itself, Lucien uncovers a crime buried beneath decades of ecclesiastical silence. But Saint Bartholomew’s does not merely remember the dead — it demands the living speak what others refused to say.
A haunting Gothic novella of guilt, secrecy, institutional failure, and moral courage, The Portrait That Watches the New Priest blends ecclesiastical dread with psychological horror in the tradition of classic Gothic ghost stories.
Audiobook details
GenreHorror, Mystery and Thriller
Length1 hr 8 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 7, 2026
LanguageEnglish
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