Publisher, Tantor Media (May 2009)

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2010 Audie Award-Winner in the 'Thriller/Suspense' Category

"Darling Jim is wickedly good.... The tale spirals like a Celtic knot, wending back into authentic Irish folklore and forward into the modern world where storytellers have a dangerous charm." ---Keith Donohue, author of The Stolen Child

"A dark, seductive fairy tale of a book. Christian Moerk is a thrilling storyteller." ---Gillian Flynn, author of Sharp Objects

"Darling Jim is a delicious, dangerous and very original story within a story." ---Pam Lewis, author of Speak Softly, She Can Hear

"This darkly gothic tale of contemporary wolverine romance endeavors to have something for everyone." ---Library Journal

"An enthralling story that never falters." ---Publishers Weekly Starred Review

"Both narrators deliver intense interpretations, in high contrast to each other, which create a measured eloquence for this vivid novel." ---AudioFile

"This hypnotic, neo-Gothic suspense story unfolds like a hothouse bloom, lush and pungent; it's a sprig of nightshade, all petals and poison. And it heralds the arrival of an astonishingly gifted storyteller." ---The Washington Post

A modern gothic novel of suspense that reveals, through their diaries, the story of sisters who fall in love with a beguiling stranger and of the town that turns a blind eye to his murderous ways.

When two sisters and their aunt are found dead in their suburban Dublin home, it seems that the secret behind their untimely demise will never be known. But then Niall, a young mailman, finds a mysterious diary in the post office's dead-letter bin. From beyond the grave, Fiona Walsh shares the most tragic love story he's ever heard---and her tale has only just begun.

Niall soon becomes enveloped by the mystery surrounding itinerant storyteller Jim, who traveled through Ireland enrapturing audiences and wooing women with his macabre mythic narratives. Captivated by Jim, townspeople across Ireland thought it must be a sad coincidence that horrific murders trailed him wherever he went---and they failed to connect that the young female victims, who were smitten by the newest bad boy in town, bore an all too frightening similarity to the victims in Jim's own fictional plots.

The Walsh sisters, fiercely loyal to one another, were not immune to "darling" Jim's powers of seduction, but found themselves in harm's way when they began to uncover his treacherous past. Niall must now continue his dangerous hunt for the truth---and for the vanished third sister---while there's still time. And in the woods, the wolves from Jim's stories begin to gather.

About the Author: Born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark, Christian Moerk moved to Vermont in his early twenties. After getting his M.S. in journalism from Columbia University, he wrote for Variety, was a movie executive for Warner Bros. Pictures, and later wrote about film for the New York Times. He is the author of The Council of Ten and Sea of Shadows. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

About the Performers: Winner of ten AudioFile Earphones Awards and two prestigious APA Audie Awards, Stephen Hoye has recorded such notable titles as the New York Times bestseller Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Every Second Counts, and The Google Story.

A classically trained actress, Justine Eyre has appeared on stage with leading roles in King Lear and The Crucible. She has performed in four films on the indie circuit, and her recent television credits include Two and a Half Men and Mad Men. She has narrated dozens of audiobooks, and she has won two AudioFile Earphones Awards, one for her narration of The Glimmer Palace by Beatrice Colin, and one for Darling Jim by Christian Moerk, which also earned her a prestigious Audie Award.