Candles Burning

Version: Unabridged
Author: Tabitha King , Michael McDowell
Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie
Genres: Fiction
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Date: September 2006
Length: 16 hours
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Overview

Author Michael McDowell, known for his chilling Blackwater series, left behind the unfinished manuscript of Candles Burning on his death in 1999. His close friend, Tabitha King, has taken up where he left off, weaving a Southern gothic fabric of murder, guilt, innocence, corruption, and survival, in the voices of the living and the dead.

Calley Dakin is daddy’s little girl, but her well-born mother persists in contempt for the Dakin name. From an early age, Calley hears things that maybe a little girl shouldn’t hear. But she is just seven when her beloved father is tortured and murdered by two women with no discernible motivation. Calley and her mother find themselves caught up in inexplicable events that exile them to Pensacola Beach, where another woman awaits their presence, a woman who knows what Calley is and who seeks to control her. For Calley has become a force.

Selected Reviews

candles burning

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 3/5

Excellent Book

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 5/5

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Reviews (6)

candles burning

Written by Anonymous on January 22nd, 2012

  • Book Rating: 3/5

The narrator was great but 10 discs into it it honestly has not gotten anywhere. Yes a life story but not scary,shocking,or quite intriguing. I stopped at disc 10.

Excellent Book

Written by Anonymous on September 2nd, 2011

  • Book Rating: 5/5

I really enjoyed this high suspense murder mystery. The characters were all well developed. I would recommend this without hesitation. Mrs. King is a powerful writer and now I am a fan of both her and her husband!

coming of age novel

Written by Anonymous on July 12th, 2011

  • Book Rating: 3/5

This novel was OK, but I prefer novels with much stronger plots. It took me forever to get interested in the story, but it's well-written and the reader is good. It's just not my cup of tea. It's much more like a coming of age novel with a slight Southern Gothic flavor. But as I say I didn't feel the plot held together well and was often much too slow for my taste. I like strong characters as well as very strong plots, which this really didn't have. This might have been because two people wrote the book. However, if you are more interested in a character study, then you might like this. I was disappointed.

Candles Burning

Written by like2read on May 28th, 2011

  • Book Rating: 5/5

This audio book was AWESOME!!! The story was so captivating that I listened the last cd in my house instead of the car. HUGE KUDOS to the narrator!!! I have never heard anybody better.

Candles Burning

Written by Sabrina Lightfoot from Franklinton, NC on November 2nd, 2010

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Tabitha has given her husband a run for his money. This is one of the best books I've ever heard. The narrator should receive an award for accuracy in diction, reflection and for capturing the true essence of the time and place portrayed in the novel. Well done! Excellent Read! New fan Mrs. King!!!

Candles Burning

Written by hypercandy on September 27th, 2010

  • Book Rating: 5/5

This story is great! The narrator does such an incredible job that you just don't want the story to end. This book was fun!!

Selected Reviews

candles burning

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 3/5

Excellent Book

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 5/5

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Author Details

Author Details

McDowell, Michael

Tabitha King is the acclaimed author of "Small World," "Survivor," "The Book of Reuben," and many other titles. The wife of novelist Stephen King, she lives in Maine.
Michael McDowell died in 1999. He was the author of a number of popular horror novels, including the six volumes of the "Blackwater" series.